Virginia House Bill 427 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-27 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (10-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Filling vacancies in the United States Senate. Removes the language limiting the date at which a special election can be held to fill a vacancy occurring in the representation of the Commonwealth in the United States Senate. Currently, when such a vacancy occurs, the date for the special election to fill the vacancy is either the next November general election or the second next November general election. Current law also gives the Governor the authority to make a temporary appointment to fill such a vacancy; the bill removes that authority. The bill allows the Governor to immediately issue a writ to call an election upon receipt of written notification by a Senator or Senator-elect of his resignation, rather than wait for the vacancy to actually occur, and makes the Senator's or Senator-elect's resignation irrevocable after the date stated by him for his resignation or after the forty-fifth day before the date set for the special election.

United States Senate; filling vacancies.

Del. Daniel Marshall [R]

Del. James Edmunds [R]

2018-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (50-Y 48-N) (Y: 50 N: 48 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2018-01-26 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 10-N) (Y: 11 N: 10 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2018-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N) (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-27	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (10-Y 0-N)
2018-02-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2018-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2018-02-01	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (50-Y 48-N)
2018-02-01	House	Read third time and passed House (50-Y 48-N)
2018-01-31	House	Read second time and engrossed
2018-01-30	House	Read first time
2018-01-26	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 10-N)
2018-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
2018-01-22	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #3
2018-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2018-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100383D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	207	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB427
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB427+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1803V0001+HB0427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H18V0008+HB0427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0218+HB0427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S08V0117+HB0427