Virginia House Bill 506 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0713)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

County manager plan; election of board members by instant runoff voting. Provides that, in a county operating under the county manager plan of government (Arlington County), elections to nominate candidates for and to elect candidates to the board of supervisors may be conducted by instant runoff voting, which the bill describes as the method of casting and tabulating votes in which (i) voters rank candidates in order of preference, (ii) tabulation proceeds in rounds such that in each round either a candidate or candidates are elected or the last-place candidate is defeated, (iii) votes for voters' next-ranked candidates are transferred from elected or defeated candidates, and (iv) tabulation ends when the number of candidates elected equals the number of offices to be filled. The bill provides that the State Board of Elections may promulgate regulations governing elections determined by instant runoff voting. The bill provides that any costs incurred by the Department of Elections related to technological changes necessary for the implementation of ranked choice voting pursuant to the bill shall be charged to the localities exercising the option to proceed with ranked choice voting.

County manager plan; election of board members by instant runoff voting.

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Del. Sally Hudson [D]

Del. Mark Levine [D]

2020-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 36-N) (Y: 63 N: 36 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 5-N) (Y: 8 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (68-Y 30-N) (Y: 68 N: 30 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (18-Y 3-N) (Y: 18 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0713)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 713 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB506ER)
2020-03-05	House	Enrolled
2020-03-02	House	VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 36-N)
2020-03-02	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108690D-S1 (63-Y 36-N)
2020-03-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB506S1
2020-02-27	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108690D-S1
2020-02-27	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-27	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108690D-S1
2020-02-25	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
2020-02-18	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-18	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 5-N)
2020-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-06	House	VOTE: Passage (68-Y 30-N)
2020-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House (68-Y 30-N)
2020-02-05	House	Printed as engrossed 20100883D-E
2020-02-05	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB506E
2020-02-05	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-05	House	Read second time
2020-02-04	House	Read first time
2020-01-31	House	Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (18-Y 3-N)
2020-01-17	House	Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
2020-01-04	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2020-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100883D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	705	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	705.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB506
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB506+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB506E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB506S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB506ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0713+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0702V0008+HB0506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H07V0056+HB0506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0485+HB0506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0114+HB0506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0442+HB0506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1050HB0506+HB0506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1185HB0506+HB0506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1687+HB0506