VA HB55 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 28 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0166)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 28 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0166)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Primary elections; candidates for nomination; withdrawal of candidacy resulting in unopposed primary; primary cancellation and nomination procedure. Provides that if a person who is a candidate for nomination by a political party at a primary election and who appears on the ballot for such election withdraws his candidacy on or after the forty-fourth day before but prior to the Tuesday immediately preceding the primary election, and the result of such withdrawal is one remaining candidate who is now unopposed, the remaining candidate will be declared the party's nominee for the office sought and the primary election will be canceled. The bill requires the notice of withdrawal to be signed and notarized and to be submitted to the general registrar, who then transmits it to the local electoral board and the State Board of Elections along with a certification that the remaining candidate is now unopposed for nomination. The State Board is required to declare the remaining candidate to be the nominee within one calendar day of receiving such notice, and the local electoral board is then required to petition the circuit court for the cancellation of the primary election. Finally, the bill directs the State Board to prescribe procedures for canceling a primary election, including instructions for locking and securing voting systems, disposition of marked and unmarked absentee ballots, and voter notification. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.
Title
Primary elections; candidates for nomination, withdrawal of candidacy.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) (Y: 35 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [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 (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-05 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [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 (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-05 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-28 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0166) | |
| 2024-03-28 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 166 (effective 1/1/25) | |
| 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 (HB55ER) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Enrolled |
| 2024-02-23 | Senate | Passed Senate (35-Y 4-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 (14-Y 1-N) |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2024-02-13 | House | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Printed as engrossed 24100058D-E |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Engrossed by House as amended HB55E |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-11 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-09 | House | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-05 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-02 | House | Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration |
| 2023-12-22 | House | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2023-12-22 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100058D |
Same As/Similar To
SB131 (Similar To) 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230)
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 2 | 538.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 612.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
