Virginia House Bill 742 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 12 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-02-27 - Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
Pending: Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

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. 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.

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

Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]

2024-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 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 substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-27	Senate	Continued to 2025 in 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: 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	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB742H1
2024-02-12	House	Committee substitute agreed to 24107508D-H1
2024-02-12	House	Read second time
2024-02-11	House	Read first time
2024-02-09	House	Committee substitute printed 24107508D-H1
2024-02-09	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2024-02-09	House	Reconsidered by Privileges and Elections
2024-02-02	House	Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103196D

HB742 (Carry Over) 2024-02-27 - Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
HB742 (Carry Over) 2024-02-27 - Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	106	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2905	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	102	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://legacylis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+HB742
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+HB742+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+HB742H1+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+oth+HB742F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+oth+HB742FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+vot+H18C0076+HB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+vot+HC0812+HB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+vot+S08C0084+HB0742