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1994 SESSION

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HB 698 Certain town elections; postponement and rescheduling.

Introduced by: Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Certain town elections; postponement and rescheduling. Provides for the May 1994 election for town council members if the town adopted a post-annexation redistricting ordinance by December 15, 1993. (The general law deadline is November 15 under § 24.2-312 D.) The bill also provides for the rescheduling of the May 1994 town elections in any town which has annexed territory since the preceding town election and has not received notice, on or before April 8, 1994, from the Attorney General of the United States under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act that the post-annexation redistricting may be implemented.

FULL TEXT

• 01/25/94  House: Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause  pdf
• 02/04/94  House: Printed as engrossed LD6686100 (HB698E)  pdf
• 02/28/94  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB698ER)  pdf
• 03/12/94  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments

HISTORY

• 01/25/94  House: Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause
• 01/25/94  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/01/94  House: Assigned to P. & E. sub-committee: 2
• 02/02/94  House: Reported from P. & E. w/amendment (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/94  House: Read first time
• 02/04/94  House: Read second time
• 02/04/94  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/04/94  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/04/94  House: Printed as engrossed LD6686100 (HB698E)
• 02/07/94  House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/94  House: VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/94  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/08/94  Senate: Read first time
• 02/08/94  Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/22/94  Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/94  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/94  Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/94  Senate: Read third time
• 02/24/94  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/94  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/94  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB698ER)
• 03/03/94  House: Enrolled
• 03/03/94  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/04/94  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/10/94  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 77 (effective 3/10/94)
• 03/12/94  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077)