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SB 556 General registrars; residency requirement, exemption for counties or cities.
Introduced by: T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
General registrars; residency requirement; exemption for certain counties and cities. Exempts counties and cities with a population of 25,000 or less from the requirement that a person appointed to serve as a general registrar must be a qualified voter of the county or city for which he is appointed. This bill is identical to HB 690.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102509D pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107181D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/18 Senate: Conference substitute printed 18108173D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/20/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB556ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102509D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/23/18 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 5-N)
- 01/25/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/18 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/29/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/31/18 House: Read first time
- 01/31/18 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/08/18 House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/14/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107181D-H1
- 03/02/18 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/18 House: Read second time
- 03/06/18 House: Read third time
- 03/06/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18107181D-H1
- 03/06/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB556H1
- 03/06/18 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/18 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (5-Y 34-N)
- 03/08/18 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/08/18 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/08/18 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/18 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/08/18 Senate: Senators: Mason, Spruill, Vogel
- 03/08/18 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/08/18 House: Delegates: Rush, Leftwich, Simon
- 03/09/18 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/09/18 Senate: Conference substitute printed 18108173D-S1
- 03/09/18 House: Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/18 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
- 03/20/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/20/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB556ER)
- 03/20/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 26, 2018
- 03/26/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/30/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)