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1996 SESSION
HB 206 Implementation of the National Voter Registration Act.
Introduced by: James M. Scott | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Implementation of the National Voter Registration Act. Provides for registration of voters by mail and at the offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles, public assistance agencies, agencies primarily providing services to the disabled, armed forces recruitment offices, Game and Inland Fisheries regional offices and certain Virginia Employment Commission offices. The bill also establishes a voter list maintenance program and fail-safe voting procedures to ensure that voters who change their place of residence are provided the opportunity to correct their registration records before they are removed from the voter registration list. These changes are being made in the Commonwealth's unitary voter registration system for federal, state and local elections. The changes are made in response to the National Voter Registration Act, which Virginia is required to follow concerning voter registration procedures for federal elections, and to maintain the Commonwealth's unitary voter registration system. A constitutional amendment passed at the 1994 November election paved the way to change voter registration procedures for state and local elections by deleting (i) the requirement that a person must apply in person to register and (ii) the provisions for canceling a voter's registration for not voting. The 1995 General Assembly passed legislation similar to this bill which the Governor vetoed. The Commonwealth brought suit challenging the National Voter Registration Act in the federal district court following the 1995 Session. The district court upheld the validity of the federal Act and ruled that the Act would become effective in Virginia on March 6, 1996, with respect to voter registration procedures for federal elections. This bill also takes effect March 6, 1996.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/96 House: Presented & ordered printed w/emg. clause 965319443 pdf
- 02/07/96 House: Committee substitute printed 965406443-H1 pdf
- 02/10/96 House: Printed as engrossed 965406443-EH1 pdf
- 02/19/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB206ER) pdf
- 03/04/96 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB206ER) pdf
- 03/05/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0072) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/96 House: Presented & ordered printed w/emg. clause 965319443
- 01/10/96 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/19/96 House: Assigned to P. & E. sub-committee: 2
- 02/07/96 House: Reported from P. & E. w/substitute (16-Y 6-N)
- 02/07/96 House: Committee substitute printed 965406443-H1
- 02/08/96 House: Read first time
- 02/09/96 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/96 House: Read second time
- 02/10/96 House: Committee substitute agreed to 965406443-H1
- 02/10/96 House: Amendment by Mr. Scott agreed to
- 02/10/96 House: Emergency clause deleted
- 02/10/96 House: Amendment by Mr. Guest rejected
- 02/10/96 House: Eng. by House-com.sub.w/amd. (74-Y 25-N) 965406443-EH1
- 02/10/96 House: VOTE: ENGROSSMENT (74-Y 25-N)
- 02/10/96 House: Printed as engrossed 965406443-EH1
- 02/12/96 House: Read third time and passed House (73-Y 26-N)
- 02/12/96 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (73-Y 26-N)
- 02/12/96 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/13/96 Senate: Read first time
- 02/13/96 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/14/96 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 5-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: Read third time
- 02/15/96 Senate: Previous question ordered (22-Y 16-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION (22-Y 16-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 14-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (24-Y 14-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/15/96 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/15/96 Senate: Amendments by Mr. Bolling rejected (17-Y 23-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: VOTE: FLOOR AMEND 1 (17-Y 23-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/15/96 Senate: Amendment by Mr. Stolle rejected (19-Y 21-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: VOTE: FLOOR AMEND 2 (19-Y 21-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/15/96 Senate: Amendment by Mr. Norment rejected
- 02/15/96 Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
- 02/15/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (24-Y 16-N)
- 02/19/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB206ER)
- 02/21/96 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/96 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/96 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/27/96 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 02/27/96 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/28/96 House: Emergency clause added
- 02/28/96 House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (93-Y 4-N)
- 02/28/96 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 4-N)
- 03/01/96 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (36-Y 4-N)
- 03/01/96 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMM. (36-Y 4-N)
- 03/01/96 House: Reenrolled
- 03/01/96 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 03/01/96 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 03/01/96 House: Enacted, Chapter 72 (effective 3/6/96)
- 03/04/96 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB206ER)
- 03/05/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0072)