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2020 SESSION
HB 236 Elections, State Board of; increasing membership and terms, role and eligibility, report.
Introduced by: Mark D. Sickles | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
State Board of Elections; increasing membership; Commissioner of Elections; role and eligibility; report. Increases the membership of the State Board of Elections from three members to five members. Representation is given to each of the political parties having the highest and next highest number of votes in the Commonwealth at the preceding gubernatorial election, with three Board members being of the party of the Governor. Terms are initially staggered. The bill provides that a Commissioner of Elections, who acts as the principal administrative officer of the Department of Elections, shall be appointed by the Governor. Persons engaging in certain partisan activities, persons related to persons engaging in certain partisan activities, and persons related to members of the State Board are prohibited from serving as the Commissioner of Elections. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.
FULL TEXT
- 12/30/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100375D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20100375D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB236ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate reprinted (HB236ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0353) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 12/30/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100375D
- 12/30/19 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/14/20 House: Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
- 01/27/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (17-Y 4-N)
- 02/04/20 House: Read first time
- 02/05/20 House: Read second time
- 02/05/20 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/05/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB236E
- 02/05/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20100375D-E
- 02/06/20 House: Read third time and passed House (79-Y 18-N)
- 02/06/20 House: VOTE: Passage (79-Y 18-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/18/20 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/20 Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 4-N)
- 02/26/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB236ER)
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate reprinted (HB236ER)
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- 03/05/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 353 (effective 1/1/21)
- 03/12/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0353)