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2019 SESSION
(SB1455)JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on Senate Bill No. 1455, report as follows:
A. We recommend that the House Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (19106749D) be rejected.
B. We recommend that the engrossed bill be accepted with the following amendments to resolve the matter under disagreement:
1. Line 66, engrossed, after Commonwealth.
insert
Appointments shall be made with due consideration of geographical representation, and no two Board members shall reside in the same congressional district.
2. After Line 173, engrossed
insert
6. That the initial appointment of the Commissioner of Elections by the State Board of Elections shall be for a term to expire on June 30, 2022. After the initial appointment of the Commissioner of Elections by the State Board of Elections pursuant to this enactment, the appointment shall be for four years beginning on July 1 of the year following a gubernatorial election.
Respectfully submitted,
Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel
Senator George L. Barker
Senator A. Benton "Ben" Chafin
Conferees on the part of the Senate
Delegate Margaret B. Ransone
Delegate Nick Rush
Delegate Joseph C. Lindsey
Conferees on the part of the House