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2020 SESSION
Chair: R. Creigh Deeds
Clerk: Hobie Lehman
Staff: Meg Lamb
Date of Meeting: January 14, 2020
Time and Place: 15 minutes after adjournment of the Senate / Senate Room 3
Bills will be taken up by subject matter.
Patron: Petersen
Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates. Prohibits any candidate from soliciting or accepting a contribution from any public service corporation, as defined in § 56-1, or any political action committee established and administered by such a corporation.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24.2-947.4:2, relating to campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates.20100597D
Patron: Spruill
Absentee voting; prohibiting release of absentee voter applicant list. Prohibits the release of the list of persons applying for an absentee ballot. Currently, the absentee voter applicant list is available to registered voters for inspection and copying, and political parties and candidates may request and, for a reasonable fee, must be provided an electronic copy of the list.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-407, 24.2-418, 24.2-706, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, and 24.2-710 of the Code of Virginia, relating to absentee voting; prohibiting release of absentee voter applicant list.20100243D
Patron: Spruill
Absentee voting; no excuse required. Permits any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he is qualified to vote. The bill removes the current list of statutory reasons under which a person may be entitled to vote by absentee ballot and removes references to those reasons from other sections of the Code.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-416.1, 24.2-452, 24.2-612, 24.2-700, 24.2-701, 24.2-701.1, 24.2-702.1, 24.2-703.1, 24.2-703.2, 24.2-705.1, 24.2-705.2, 24.2-706, 24.2-709, and 24.2-1004 of the Code of Virginia, relating to absentee voting; no excuse required.20100470D
Patron: Spruill
Absentee voting; application form contents. Removes the requirement that a person applying for an absentee ballot provide supporting information regarding the reason he is eligible for an absentee ballot. The applicant will still be required to provide the reason he will be absent or unable vote at his polling place on the day of the election.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-701, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to absentee voting; application form contents.20100471D
Patron: Suetterlein
Campaign finance reports; electronic filing requirement; local and constitutional offices. Requires candidates for local and constitutional offices to file campaign finance reports by computer or electronic means. Under current law, only candidates for local and constitutional offices in localities with a population exceeding 70,000 are required to file campaign finance reports electronically.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-946.1 and 24.2-947.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to campaign finance reports; electronic filing requirement; local and constitutional offices.20100810D
Patron: Howell
Absentee voting; no excuse required. Permits any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he is qualified to vote. The bill removes the current list of statutory reasons under which a person may be entitled to vote by absentee ballot and removes references to those reasons from other sections of the Code.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-416.1, 24.2-452, 24.2-612, 24.2-700, 24.2-701, 24.2-701.1, 24.2-702.1, 24.2-703.1, 24.2-703.2, 24.2-705.1, 24.2-705.2, 24.2-706, 24.2-709, and 24.2-1004 of the Code of Virginia, relating to absentee voting; no excuse required.20101367D
Patron: Stuart
Absentee voting; early voting in person without an excuse. Allows any registered voter to vote early beginning on the thirtieth day prior to any election in which he is qualified to vote without providing a reason or making prior application for an absentee ballot. The bill retains the current provisions for voting with an absentee ballot by mail during the entire absentee voting period or in person prior to the thirtieth day prior to the election, including the application requirement and the list of statutory reasons for absentee voting.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-700, 24.2-701, and 24.2-701.1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the second enactments of Chapters 668 and 669 of the Acts of Assembly of 2019, relating to absentee voting; early voting in person without an excuse.20101408D
Patron: Saslaw
Campaign finance; disbursement of surplus funds; prohibited conversion to personal use. Amends the current laws regarding the disbursement of surplus funds at the dissolution of a campaign or political committee so that such restrictions would apply throughout the life of a campaign or political committee. Such restrictions include the prohibition against the conversion of any money, securities, or like intangible personal property that has been contributed to a campaign or political committee to the personal use of any person.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-948.4, 24.2-949.9, 24.2-950.9, 24.2-951.9, and 24.2-952.7 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-948.5, by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-949.9:01, by adding in Article 5 of Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-950.10, by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-951.10, and by adding in Article 7 of Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-952.8, relating to campaign finance; disbursement of surplus funds; prohibited conversion to personal use.20100595D
Patron: Chase
Electoral college; allocation of electoral votes. Revises the process by which the Commonwealth's electoral votes are allocated among the slates of presidential electors. The bill provides that a voter will vote for two electors for the Commonwealth at large and one elector for the congressional district in which he is qualified to vote. The candidates for President and Vice President receiving the highest number of votes cast statewide are allocated the two electoral votes for the Commonwealth at large, and the candidates for President and Vice President receiving the highest number of votes cast in each congressional district are allocated the one electoral vote for that congressional district. Currently, the candidates for President and Vice President receiving the highest number of votes cast statewide are allocated the total number of the Commonwealth's electoral votes.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-202, 24.2-203, 24.2-542, 24.2-542.1, and 24.2-673 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electors for President and Vice President; allocation of electoral votes.20102417D
Patron: Petersen
Campaign contribution limits; civil penalty. Prohibits persons from making any single contribution, or any combination of contributions, that exceeds $10,000 to any one candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or the General Assembly in any one election cycle. Of the $10,000 single contribution or any combination of contributions, no more than $5,000 may be contributed prior to the primary election or other nominating event for the office the candidate is seeking, unless designated by the contributor as a contribution for the general election. No limits are placed on contributions made by political party committees, the candidate, or the candidate's family to the candidate's campaign. Civil penalties for violations of the limits may equal up to two times the excess contribution amounts.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 an article numbered 3.1, consisting of sections numbered 24.2-948.5 through 24.2-948.8, and by adding in Article 8 of Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-953.6, relating to campaign finance; campaign contribution limits; civil penalty.20100598D
Patron: Suetterlein
Campaign finance; reporting of certain contributions received immediately prior to legislative session. Requires any single contribution of $1,000 or more that is knowingly received or reported by a candidate for statewide office or the General Assembly during the period beginning January 1 and ending on the day immediately before the first day of a regular session of the General Assembly to be reported to and received by the State Board of Elections by the end of the following day. The bill requires these contributions to also be reported on the first regular report following the date of the contribution.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24.2-947.10, relating to campaign finance; reporting of certain contributions received immediately prior to a legislative session.20101820D
Patron: Bell
Elections; campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates; public service corporations and affiliated interests. Provides that no candidate or candidate campaign committee shall solicit or accept a contribution from any public service corporation, any political action committee established and administered by such a corporation, any affiliated interest of such a corporation, or any political action committee established and administered by such affiliated interest.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24.2-947.4:2, relating to elections; campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates; public service corporations and affiliated interests.20102390D
Patron: Ebbin
Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact. Enters Virginia into an interstate compact known as the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. Article II of the Constitution of the United States gives the states exclusive and plenary authority to decide the manner of awarding their electoral votes. Under the compact, Virginia agrees to award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The compact goes into effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have joined the compact. A state may withdraw from the compact; however, a withdrawal occurring within six months of the end of a President's term shall not become effective until a President or Vice President has qualified to serve the next term.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 24.2 an article numbered 2.1, consisting of sections numbered 24.2-209.1 and 24.2-209.2, relating to the presidential electors and the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote Compact.20100763D
Patron: Reeves
Absentee voting; counting military and overseas absentee ballots received after close of polls on election day. Provides that absentee ballots cast by military and overseas absentee voters that are (i) received after the close of the polls on any election day but before 5:00 p.m. on the second business day before the State Board of Elections meets to ascertain the results of the election and (ii) postmarked on or before the date of such election are to be counted if the voter is found entitled to vote. The bill provides that a postmark includes any other official indicia of confirmation of mailing by the United States Postal Service or other postal or delivery service. Under current law, such ballots cast by military and overseas absentee voters would be counted in this manner regardless of the date of any postmark, but only if the absentee ballot had been requested on or before, but not sent by, the deadline for making absentee ballots available.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-709, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to absentee voting; counting military and overseas absentee ballots received after close of polls on election day.20102170D
Patron: Petersen
Campaign contribution limits; civil penalty. Prohibits persons from making any single contribution, or any combination of contributions, that exceeds $20,000 to any one candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or the General Assembly in any one election cycle. No limits are placed on contributions made by political party committees, the candidate, or the candidate's family to the candidate's campaign. Civil penalties for violations of the limits may equal up to two times the excess contribution amounts.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 an article numbered 3.1, consisting of sections numbered 24.2-948.5 through 24.2-948.8, and by adding in Article 8 of Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-953.6, relating to campaign finance; campaign contribution limits; civil penalty.20103548D
Patron: Deeds
Absentee voting; voter satellite offices for absentee voting in person. Authorizes the establishment of voter satellite offices by governing bodies of counties and cities for purposes of absentee voting in person. No change in any voter satellite office, including the creation of a new voter satellite office or abolishment of an existing voter satellite office, may be enacted within the 60 days immediately preceding a general election. The bill requires general registrars to post notice of the locations of all voter satellite offices within the locality, and their days and hours of operation, not later than 55 days prior to any election. Requirements for polling places, including accessibility for persons with disabilities, changes of location due to emergency circumstances, and funding, apply to voter satellite offices. The provisions of the bill are applicable to elections beginning with the general election on November 3, 2020.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-701.1, as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24.2-701.2, relating to absentee voting; voter satellite offices for absentee voting in person.20102713D
Patron: Mason
Absentee voting; no excuse required when voting in person; available beginning on the twenty-first day prior to election. Allows any registered voter to vote early beginning on the twenty-first day prior to any election in which he is qualified to vote without providing a reason or making prior application for an absentee ballot. The bill retains the current provisions for voting with an absentee ballot by mail during the entire absentee voting period or in person prior to the twenty-first day prior to the election, including the application requirement and the list of statutory reasons for absentee voting.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-700, 24.2-701, and 24.2-701.1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the second enactments of Chapters 668 and 669 of the Acts of Assembly of 2019, relating to absentee voting; no excuse required when voting in person; available beginning on the twenty-first day prior to election.20103843D
Patron: Ebbin
Absentee voting; emergency absentee voting by and late applications for persons hospitalized; definition of hospital. Amends the definition of hospital, for purposes of emergency absentee voting by or late absentee ballot applications for persons who have been hospitalized, so that it is not limited to hospitals in Virginia, the District of Columbia, or a state contiguous to Virginia. The bill also removes the requirement that a person submitting a late absentee ballot application due to the hospitalization of himself or a member of his immediate family or to the death of a member of his immediate family must be absent from his county or city on election day in order to be eligible for the late absentee ballot application.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-705 and 24.2-705.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to absentee voting; emergency absentee voting by and late applications for persons hospitalized; definition of hospital.20103568D
Patron: Locke
Absentee voting; no excuse required. Permits any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he is qualified to vote. The bill removes the current list of statutory reasons under which a person may be entitled to vote by absentee ballot and removes references to those reasons from other sections of the Code.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-416.1, 24.2-452, 24.2-612, 24.2-700, 24.2-701, 24.2-701.1, 24.2-702.1, 24.2-703.1, 24.2-703.2, 24.2-705.1, 24.2-705.2, 24.2-706, 24.2-709, and 24.2-1004 of the Code of Virginia, relating to absentee voting; no excuse required.20102746D
Patron: Ebbin
Campaign contribution limits; civil penalty. Prohibits any person or campaign, referendum, or inaugural committee from making any single contribution, or any combination of contributions, that exceeds $2,500 to any one candidate for the General Assembly or $5,000 to any one candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General in any single calendar year. Political action, federal political action, or out-of-state political committees are prohibited from making any single contribution or any combination of contributions that exceeds $5,000 to any one candidate for the General Assembly or $10,000 to any one candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General in any single calendar year. No limits are placed on contributions made by political party committees, the candidate, or the candidate's family to the candidate's campaign. Civil penalties for violations of the limits may equal up to two times the excess contribution amounts.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 an article numbered 3.1, consisting of sections numbered 24.2-948.5 through 24.2-948.8, and by adding in Article 8 of Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-953.6, relating to campaign finance; campaign contribution limits; civil penalty.20103920D
Patron: Deeds
Confirming Governor's appointments; October 1. Confirms appointments of certain persons made by Governor Ralph Northam and communicated to the General Assembly October 1, 2019.
Confirming appointments by the Governor of certain persons communicated to the General Assembly October 1, 2019.20100594D
Patron: Deeds
Confirming Governor's appointments; August 1. Confirms appointments of certain persons made by Governor Ralph Northam and communicated to the General Assembly August 1, 2019.
Confirming appointments by the Governor of certain persons communicated to the General Assembly August 1, 2019.20100231D
Patron: Deeds
Confirming Governor's appointments; June 1. Confirms appointments of certain persons made by Governor Ralph Northam and communicated to the General Assembly June 1, 2019.
Confirming appointments by the Governor of certain persons communicated to the General Assembly June 1, 2019.20100106D
Patron: Deeds
Confirming Governor's appointments; December 1. Confirms appointments of certain persons made by Governor Ralph Northam and communicated to the General Assembly December 1, 2019.
Confirming appointments by the Governor of certain persons communicated to the General Assembly December 1, 2019.20102350D