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1995 SESSION
SB 911 Implementation of National Voter Registration Act.
Introduced by: Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Implementation of the National Voter Registration Act. Provides for registration of voters by mail beginning July 1, 1995, and at the offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles, public assistance agencies, agencies primarily providing services to the disabled, armed forces recruitment offices, and Virginia Employment Commission offices, beginning January 1, 1996. The bill also establishes a voter list maintenance program and fail-safe voting procedures to ensure that voters who move their place of residence are provided adequate opportunities to correct their registration records before they are removed from the voter registration list. A constitutional amendment passed at the last November election deleted the requirement that a person must apply in person to register and eliminated the requirement for canceling a voter's registration for nonvoting. All of the changes in the bill are in response to the National Voter Registration Act, which Virginia is required to follow, concerning registration to vote in federal elections for federal offices. Effective date provisions delay implementation of the act (except mail registration) if Congress changes or repeals the NVRA or if implementation of the NVRA is enjoined in Virginia by the courts.
FULL TEXT
- 01/23/95 Senate: Presented & ordered printed LD3573661 pdf
- 03/08/95 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB911ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House amendments rejected
- Senate amendments rejected
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/23/95 Senate: Presented & ordered printed LD3573661
- 01/23/95 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/31/95 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 2-N)
- 02/01/95 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/95 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/95 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/95 Senate: Reconsideration of passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/95 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/95 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/95 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/95 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/07/95 Senate: Read second time
- 02/07/95 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/07/95 Senate: Floor amendments rejected (Miller, K.G.) (14-Y 23-N)
- 02/07/95 Senate: VOTE: FLOOR AMENDMENTS (14-Y 23-N)
- 02/07/95 Senate: Engrossed by Senate
- 02/07/95 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/95 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/95 Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/07/95 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/07/95 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/08/95 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/95 House: Read first time
- 02/09/95 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/10/95 House: Assigned to P. & E. sub-committee: 2
- 02/15/95 House: Reported from P. & E. w/amendments (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/16/95 House: Read second time
- 02/17/95 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/95 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/95 House: Read third time
- 02/21/95 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/21/95 House: Floor amendments agreed to (Marshall)
- 02/21/95 House: Floor amendments rejected (Wilkins)
- 02/21/95 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/21/95 House: Passed House with amendments (60-Y 40-N)
- 02/21/95 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (60-Y 40-N)
- 02/23/95 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/23/95 Senate: House amendments rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N)
- 02/23/95 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (1-Y 39-N)
- 02/23/95 House: House insisted on amendments
- 02/23/95 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/23/95 Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/95 Senate: VOTE: ACCEDE TO REQ. FOR CONF. (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/95 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/23/95 Senate: Senators: Gartlan, Holland, C. A., Chichester
- 02/24/95 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/24/95 House: Delegates: Scott, Cunningham, Albo
- 02/24/95 House: Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 43-N)
- 02/24/95 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (55-Y 43-N)
- 02/24/95 Conference: House amendments rejected by conference committee
- 02/24/95 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/24/95 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 02/24/95 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (30-Y 7-N)
- 02/24/95 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (30-Y 7-N)
- 03/08/95 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB911ER)
- 03/15/95 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/15/95 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/95 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/95 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/05/95 Senate: Senate rejected Gov's recommendation (16-Y 24-N)
- 04/05/95 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMMEND. (16-Y 24-N)
- 04/05/95 Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 05/05/95 Governor: Vetoed by Governor