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HB 37 Constitutional amendment; succession to office of Governor.
Introduced by: Lacey E. Putney | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); succession to the office of Governor. Provides for a referendum at the November 2004 election on approval of an amendment to revise provisions concerning succession to the office of Governor. The amendment expands the list of successors to the office of Governor that presently includes the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Speaker of the House of Delegates, in case of an emergency or enemy attack that prevents the House of Delegates from meeting to elect a governor. The additional successors would include successor speakers, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the majority leader of the Senate. The successor would be Acting Governor until the House of Delegates convened to elect a Governor. The amendment also includes authority for the General Assembly, by law, to provide for a waiver of certain eligibility requirements for the Attorney General and Speaker to succeed to the office of Governor in the event of an emergency or enemy attack upon the soil of Virginia. See also HJ 9, companion resolution.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/01/03 044714476 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB37ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/01/03 044714476
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/23/04 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/04 House: Read first time
- 01/27/04 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/28/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/29/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/10/04 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/13/04 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB37ER)
- 02/23/04 House: Enrolled
- 02/23/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 17 (effective 7/1/04)
- 03/04/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)