Virginia Senate Bill 1455 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Vetoed on April 29 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-29 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

State Board of Elections; membership; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Increases the membership of the State Board of Elections from three members to five members and increases the terms of Board members from four years to five years. Representation shall be given to each of the political parties having the highest and next highest number of votes in the Commonwealth at the preceding gubernatorial election, with three Board members being of the party of the Governor. Terms are initially staggered. The bill also grants to the Board the authority to appoint the Commissioner of Elections, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, and to remove the Commissioner of Elections. The appointment or removal of the Commissioner shall require an affirmative vote of four of the five Board members. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2020. This bill is identical to HB 1620.

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

Sen. Jill Vogel [R]

Sen. John Edwards [D]

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

2019-04-03 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-03 - Senate - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #'s 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16 (8-Y 30-N) (Y: 8 N: 30 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2019-04-03 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #6 and #15 (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) (Y: 38 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (51-Y 46-N) (Y: 51 N: 46 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-20 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (Y: 0 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2019-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (51-Y 48-N) (Y: 51 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-15 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 2-N) (Y: 35 N: 2 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-29		Governor: Vetoed by Governor
2019-04-03		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019
2019-04-03	Senate	Reenrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 4/3/19
2019-04-03	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2019-04-03	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2019-04-03	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB1455ER2)
2019-04-03	Senate	Reenrolled
2019-04-03		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
2019-04-03	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
2019-04-03	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendations #6 and #15 (98-Y 0-N)
2019-04-03	Senate	Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #'s 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16 (8-Y 30-N)
2019-04-03	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #6 and #15 (38-Y 0-N)
2019-03-26	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2019-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-03-11	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
2019-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2019-03-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1455ER)
2019-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-23	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
2019-02-22	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (51-Y 46-N)
2019-02-22	House	Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 46-N)
2019-02-22		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2019-02-21	House	Delegates: Ransone, Cole, Rush, Lindsey
2019-02-21	House	Conferees appointed by House
2019-02-21	Senate	Senators: Vogel, Barker, Chafin
2019-02-21	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2019-02-21	Senate	Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-21	House	House requested conference committee
2019-02-21	House	House insisted on substitute
2019-02-20	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
2019-02-20	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2019-02-19	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (51-Y 48-N)
2019-02-19	House	Passed House with substitute (51-Y 48-N)
2019-02-19	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1455H1
2019-02-19	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19106749D-H1
2019-02-19	House	Read third time
2019-02-18	House	Read second time
2019-02-15	House	Committee substitute printed 19106749D-H1
2019-02-15	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
2019-02-12	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
2019-02-04	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-30	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2019-01-30	House	Read first time
2019-01-30	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-01-28	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 2-N)
2019-01-25	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1455S1
2019-01-25	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 19105523D-S1
2019-01-25	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2019-01-25	Senate	Read second time
2019-01-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-22	Senate	Committee substitute printed 19105523D-S1
2019-01-22	Senate	Incorporates SB1311 (Edwards)
2019-01-22	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A)
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2019-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100854D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	101.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	101.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	102	(n/a)	See Bill Text

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Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1455+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1455S1+hil
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Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1455ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1455ER2+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S08V0079+SB1455
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Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0210SB1455+SB1455
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1801V0027+SB1455
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H18V0092+SB1455
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3020+SB1455
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0890SB1455+SB1455
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0985SB1455+SB1455
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3313+SB1455
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1110SB1455+SB1455
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1141SB1455+SB1455
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1142SB1455+SB1455
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3433+SB1455