VA HB1534 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Vetoed on April 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Status: Vetoed on April 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
Elections; challenges to voter or voter's registration; challenges to candidate qualifications or eligibility. Eliminates the process by which any voter could challenge, in a polling place on the day of an election, the right of any other voter to cast a ballot. The bill also eliminates the process by which any three voters could challenge a voter's registration before the general registrar; such challenges may still be made by filing a petition with the circuit court of the county or city where the voter is registered. The bill also requires challenges to a person's eligibility to appear on the ballot on the basis that such person did not meet all qualifications or fulfill all requirements for candidacy to be made at least 60 days before the date of the election. Candidates who are nominated at a primary election cannot be later challenged on the basis of facts that were present prior to the primary election and could have been raised in a challenge to such candidate's eligibility for the primary ballot. Any challenge to a candidate's qualifications or eligibility shall be made by filing a petition with the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, which shall have jurisdiction over such proceedings. Elections; challenges to voter or voter's registration; challenges to candidate qualifications or eligibility. Eliminates the process by which any voter could challenge, in a polling place on the day of an election, the right of any other voter to cast a ballot. The bill also eliminates the process by which any three voters could challenge a voter's registration before the general registrar; such challenges may still be made by filing a petition with the circuit court of the county or city where the voter is registered. The bill also requires challenges to a person's eligibility to appear on the ballot on the basis that such person did not meet all qualifications or fulfill all requirements for candidacy to be made at least 60 days before the date of the election. Candidates who are nominated at a primary election cannot be later challenged on the basis of facts that were present prior to the primary election and could have been raised in a challenge to such candidate's eligibility for the primary ballot. Any challenge to a candidate's qualifications or eligibility shall be made by filing a petition with the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, which shall have jurisdiction over such proceedings.
Title
Voter or voter's registration; challenges to candidate qualifications or eligibility.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) (Y: 22 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N) (Y: 20 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) (Y: 54 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-05 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N) (Y: 20 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) (Y: 54 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-05 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-17 | House | House sustained Governor's veto |
| 2024-04-08 | Governor: Vetoed by Governor | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-02 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1534ER) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Enrolled |
| 2024-02-23 | Senate | Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) |
| 2024-02-23 | Senate | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-23 | Senate | Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N) |
| 2024-02-23 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2024-02-22 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-20 | Senate | Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N) |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2024-02-13 | House | VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1534H1 |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 24106175D-H1 |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-11 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-09 | House | Incorporates HB185 (Simon) |
| 2024-02-09 | House | Committee substitute printed 24106175D-H1 |
| 2024-02-09 | House | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N) |
| 2024-02-05 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) |
| 2024-02-02 | House | Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration |
| 2024-01-19 | House | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2024-01-19 | House | Presented and ordered printed 24100830D |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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| 24 | 2 | 422 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 429 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 430 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 431 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 432 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 433 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 504 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 525 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 651 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 652 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 706 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
