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HB 1133 Candidate petitions for primaries and general elections; requirements for petition circulators.
Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Candidate petitions in primaries and general elections. Provides that candidate petitions in primaries and general elections must be witnessed by a legal resident of the Commonwealth who attests that he is not a minor or a felon whose voting rights have not been restored. Current law requires that the petition witness must be eligible to vote for the office for which the petition is being circulated. The bill also provides that presidential candidates are eligible to witness their own petitions. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill is identical to SB 613.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/12 House: Presented and ordered printed 12103364D pdf | impact statement
- 01/27/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12104832D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/12 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1133ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/12/12 House: Presented and ordered printed 12103364D
- 01/12/12 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/17/12 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections Subcommittee
- 01/24/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 2-N)
- 01/27/12 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 01/27/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12104832D-H1
- 01/30/12 House: Read first time
- 01/31/12 House: Read second time
- 01/31/12 House: Committee substitute agreed to 12104832D-H1
- 01/31/12 House: Emergency clause added
- 01/31/12 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1133H1
- 02/01/12 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/12 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/12 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/12 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/07/12 House: Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N)
- 02/07/12 House: VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (80-Y 18-N)
- 02/08/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/15/12 Senate: Assigned to P&E sub: Campaigns and Elections
- 02/21/12 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/23/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/12 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/12 Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 1-N)
- 03/01/12 House: Enrolled
- 03/01/12 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1133ER)
- 03/01/12 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/12 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/04/12 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 538 (effective 4/4/12)
- 04/04/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538)