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2019 SESSION
SB 1455 Elections, State Board of; membership, appointment of Commissioner of Elections.
Introduced by: Jill Holtzman Vogel | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
State Board of Elections; membership; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Increases the membership of the State Board of Elections from three members to five members and increases the terms of Board members from four years to five years. Representation shall be given to each of the political parties having the highest and next highest number of votes in the Commonwealth at the preceding gubernatorial election, with three Board members being of the party of the Governor. Terms are initially staggered. The bill also grants to the Board the authority to appoint the Commissioner of Elections, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, and to remove the Commissioner of Elections. The appointment or removal of the Commissioner shall require an affirmative vote of four of the five Board members. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2020. This bill is identical to HB 1620.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100854D pdf | impact statement
- 01/22/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105523D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106749D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1455ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/03/19 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1455ER2) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100854D
- 01/08/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/22/19 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 01/22/19 Senate: Incorporates SB1311 (Edwards)
- 01/22/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105523D-S1
- 01/24/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 Senate: Read second time
- 01/25/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/25/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19105523D-S1
- 01/25/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1455S1
- 01/28/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 2-N)
- 01/30/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/19 House: Read first time
- 01/30/19 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/04/19 House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/12/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
- 02/15/19 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/15/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106749D-H1
- 02/18/19 House: Read second time
- 02/19/19 House: Read third time
- 02/19/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19106749D-H1
- 02/19/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1455H1
- 02/19/19 House: Passed House with substitute (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/19/19 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/20/19 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/20/19 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 02/21/19 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/21/19 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/19 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senators: Vogel, Barker, Chafin
- 02/21/19 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/21/19 House: Delegates: Ransone, Cole, Rush, Lindsey
- 02/22/19 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/22/19 House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 46-N)
- 02/22/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (51-Y 46-N)
- 02/23/19 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 03/07/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1455ER)
- 03/07/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- 03/11/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/26/19 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/03/19 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #6 and #15 (38-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #'s 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16 (8-Y 30-N)
- 04/03/19 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendations #6 and #15 (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
- 04/03/19 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/03/19 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1455ER2)
- 04/03/19 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/03/19 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/03/19 Senate: Reenrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 4/3/19
- 04/03/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019
- 04/29/19 Governor: Vetoed by Governor