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2017 SESSION
HB 1399 Elections, State Board of, and local electoral boards; appointments, proportion of political party.
Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
State Board of Elections and local electoral boards; appointments; proportion of political party representation. Provides that in the appointment of members to the State Board of Elections and to the local electoral boards, one member shall be of the political party having the highest number of members in the House of Delegates, one member shall be of the political party having the highest number of members in the Senate of Virginia, and one member shall be of the political party of the Governor. If all three members are of the same political party, one member shall be of the political party having cast the next highest number of votes in the Commonwealth for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election. Representation on both the State Board of Elections and each local electoral board is to be given to each of the political parties having the highest and next highest number of votes in the Commonwealth for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election.
FULL TEXT
- 08/24/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100217D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/17 House: Printed as engrossed 17100217D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 08/24/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100217D
- 08/24/16 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/10/17 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 01/24/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 01/27/17 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 7-N)
- 01/30/17 House: Read first time
- 01/31/17 House: Read second time
- 01/31/17 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/31/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1399E
- 01/31/17 House: Printed as engrossed 17100217D-E
- 02/01/17 House: Read third time and passed House (61-Y 36-N)
- 02/01/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (61-Y 36-N)
- 02/02/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/14/17 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/17 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/17 Senate: Defeated by Senate (19-Y 20-N)