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2022 SESSION
SJ 33 Election governance structure in the Commonwealth; JLARC to review.
Introduced by: Jennifer L. McClellan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Study; JLARC; election governance structure; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to conduct a two-year study on the election governance structure in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, JLARC shall (i) review the roles and responsibilities of state and local election officials in the administration and conduct of elections in the Commonwealth, including the level of oversight by state election officials and the degree of decision-making by local election officials; (ii) review the methods of selection and removal of state and local election officials and evaluate how such methods shape accountability mechanisms; (iii) review the level of funding provided by the state and localities; (iv) evaluate the potential for partisan pressures and influence in administrative decisions at the state and local election level; (v) develop recommendations for objective methods of evaluating the performance of both local and state election officers to determine if they are appropriately fulfilling the responsibilities of their positions and whether removal may be necessary; and (vi) make other recommendations as necessary and review other issues as warranted.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103597D pdf
- 02/11/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106418D-S1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103597D
- 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/11/22 Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute by voice vote
- 02/11/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106418D-S1
- 02/14/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/15/22 Senate: Read first time
- 02/15/22 Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/15/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106418D-S1
- 02/15/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SJ33S1
- 02/15/22 Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/22 Senate: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
- 02/15/22 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/15/22 Senate: Agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/25/22 House: Assigned Rules sub: Studies
- 02/28/22 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 House: Left in Rules