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1997 SESSION
HB 1977 Voter registration; registration of homebound voters.
Introduced by: Vincent F. Callahan, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Voter registration; locations and times for registration; registration of homebound voters. Deletes the requirements for extra voter registration sites and times during the 40 days before the November election and for registering homebound voters by having the registrar go to the applicant's home. Recent changes in the registration laws to implement the National Voter Registration Act have eliminated Virginia's former requirement for "in-person" registration and have provided for registration by mail and at the Department of Motor Vehicles and other government agency offices. Homebound voters may now register by mail. The bill continues the present law's general authorization for the general registrar or electoral board to set additional sites and times for voter registration. The bill amends the provision for emergency absentee ballots solely to eliminate a cross-reference to the repealed provision on registering homebound voters.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 977520144 pdf
- 01/23/97 House: Committee substitute printed 977546144-H1 pdf
- 03/05/97 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1977ER) pdf
- 03/21/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0539) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 977520144
- 01/10/97 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/14/97 House: Assigned to P. & E. sub-committee: 2
- 01/22/97 House: Reported from P. & E. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/97 House: Committee substitute printed 977546144-H1
- 01/23/97 House: Read first time
- 01/24/97 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/27/97 House: Read second time
- 01/27/97 House: Committee substitute agreed to 977546144-H1
- 01/27/97 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 977546144-H1
- 01/28/97 House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/97 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/97 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/29/97 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 1-N)
- 01/29/97 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/11/97 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/97 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/97 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/97 Senate: Read third time
- 02/13/97 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/97 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/97 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1977ER)
- 03/11/97 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/97 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/97 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/97 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 539 (effective 7/1/97)
- 03/21/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0539)