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1997 SESSION
HB 2649 Voter qualifications; registration and residence requirements.
Introduced by: James M. Scott | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Voter qualifications; registration applications; residence requirements. Revises the voter registration application form and rules applicable to voters who move within the Commonwealth. These changes were authorized by constitutional amendments approved by the voters at the November 1996 election. The changes accommodate provisions of the National Voter Registration Act and Virginia's unified registration system for federal, state, and local elections. The bill revises the voter registration form to eliminate discrepancies between the national and state forms by deleting place of birth as required information on the form and makes other modifications in the state form. The bill also permits voters who move to a new precinct within the same county or city and congressional district to continue voting in their old precinct for state and local, as well as federal, elections through the second general federal election.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 977471443 pdf
- 02/25/97 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2649ER) pdf
- 03/19/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/20/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 977471443
- 01/20/97 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/21/97 House: Assigned to P. & E. sub-committee: 2
- 01/27/97 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 4-N)
- 01/28/97 House: Read first time
- 01/29/97 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/30/97 House: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 13-N)
- 01/30/97 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (87-Y 13-N)
- 01/30/97 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/31/97 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 4-N)
- 02/02/97 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/11/97 Senate: Reported from P. & E. with amendment (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: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/13/97 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/13/97 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/13/97 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/97 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/97 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/17/97 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 3-N)
- 02/17/97 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 3-N)
- 02/25/97 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2649ER)
- 03/03/97 House: Enrolled
- 03/04/97 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/97 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/97 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (effective 7/1/97)
- 03/19/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346)