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2024 SESSION

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HB 742 Elections, State Board of; appointment of Commissioner of Elections.

Introduced by: Israel D. O'Quinn | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

State Board of Elections; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Provides for the appointment of the Commissioner of Elections to be made by the State Board of Elections; currently, the Governor makes such appointment. The appointment or removal of a Commissioner shall require an affirmative vote of four of the five members of the Board. The Commissioner shall be subject to confirmation and reconfirmation by the General Assembly every four years. If the Board fails to make or communicate an appointment of a Commissioner by the end of the term, the bill provides that the Commissioner serving at such time shall be deemed to be reappointed and shall be subject to reconfirmation at the next regular session. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103196D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/09/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107508D-H1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103196D
• 01/09/24  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/02/24  House: Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
• 02/09/24  House: Reconsidered by Privileges and Elections
• 02/09/24  House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107508D-H1
• 02/11/24  House: Read first time
• 02/12/24  House: Read second time
• 02/12/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107508D-H1
• 02/12/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB742H1
• 02/13/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/14/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/27/24  Senate: Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)