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2020 SESSION
HB 177 Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact.
Introduced by: Mark H. Levine | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact. Enters Virginia into an interstate compact known as the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. Article II of the Constitution of the United States gives the states exclusive and plenary authority to decide the manner of awarding their electoral votes. Under the compact, Virginia agrees to award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The compact goes into effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have joined the compact. A state may withdraw from the compact; however, a withdrawal occurring within six months of the end of a President's term shall not become effective until a President or Vice President has qualified to serve the next term. This bill incorporates HB 199.
FULL TEXT
- 12/26/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100671D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107262D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/26/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100671D
- 12/26/19 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/13/20 House: Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
- 01/27/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (10-Y 12-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Reconsidered by Privileges and Elections
- 02/07/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107262D-H1
- 02/07/20 House: Incorporates HB199 (Price)
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107262D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB177H1
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 46-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/25/20 Senate: Continued to 2021 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-N)