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SB 740 County and city precincts; required to be wholly contained within election districts.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
County and city precincts; required to be wholly contained within election districts; waiver for administration of split precinct. Requires each county and city precinct to be wholly contained within a single congressional district, Senate district, House of Delegates district, and local election district. In each year ending in one, the governing body of each county and city is required to establish the precinct boundaries to be consistent with any congressional district, Senate district, House of Delegates district, and local election district that was adopted by the appropriate authority by June 15 of that year, and if new districts have not been adopted by the appropriate authority by that date, the governing body is permitted to use the districts as they existed on June 15 of that year as the basis for establishing the precincts to be used in the November elections held that year. The bill requires a governing body to apply to the State Board of Elections for a waiver to administer a split precinct if it is unable to establish a precinct with the minimum number of registered voters without splitting the precinct between two or more congressional districts, Senate districts, House of Delegates districts, or local election districts, and the State Board is authorized to grant the waiver or to direct the establishment of a precinct with less than the minimum number of registered voters as permitted by current law. A governing body that is granted a waiver to administer a split precinct or is directed to establish a precinct with fewer than the minimum number of voters is permitted to use that precinct for any election held that year. This bill incorporates SB 119 and SB 121.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102798D pdf
- 01/21/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106352D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20109368D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB740ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB740ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1268) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102798D
- 01/08/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/21/20 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/20 Senate: Incorporates SB119 (Peake)
- 01/21/20 Senate: Incorporates SB121 (Barker)
- 01/21/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106352D-S1
- 01/23/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/20 Senate: Read second time
- 01/24/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/24/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20106352D-S1
- 01/24/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB740S1
- 01/27/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/20 House: Read first time
- 02/13/20 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/14/20 House: Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
- 02/17/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/28/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20109368D-H1
- 03/03/20 House: Read second time
- 03/04/20 House: Read third time
- 03/04/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20109368D-H1
- 03/04/20 House: Passed by temporarily
- 03/04/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB740H1
- 03/04/20 House: Passed House with substitute (96-Y 2-N)
- 03/04/20 House: VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 03/05/20 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/05/20 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senators: Obenshain, Barker, Surovell
- 03/05/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/05/20 House: Delegates: Lindsey, Simon, Runion
- 03/07/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 4-N)
- 03/08/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 4-N)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB740ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/20 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 1-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (90-Y 1-N)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB740ER2)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1268 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1268)