JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 1620, report as follows:

We recommend that the Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (19106755D) be accepted with the following amendments to resolve the matter under disagreement:

1. Line 66, Senate Substitute, after Commonwealth.

insert

Appointments shall be made with due consideration of geographical representation, and no two Board members shall reside in the same congressional district.

2. After line 173, Senate Substitute

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6. That the initial appointment of the Commissioner of Elections by the State Board of Elections shall be for a term to expire on June 30, 2022. After the initial appointment of the Commissioner of Elections by the State Board of Elections pursuant to this enactment, the appointment shall be for four years beginning on July 1 of the year following a gubernatorial election.

Respectfully submitted,

Delegate Margaret B. Ransone

Delegate Mark L. Cole

Delegate Nick Rush

Conferees on the part of the House

Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel

Senator George L. Barker

Senator A. Benton "Ben" Chafin

Conferees on the part of the Senate