VA SB283 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Illegal voting and registrations; write-in absentee ballots. Clarifies that the prohibition against voting more than once in one election does not apply to military and overseas voters entitled to vote a federal write-in absentee ballot who may send in both the write-in ballot and a state absentee ballot. If both ballots are received prior to the close of the polls, the state ballot will be the one counted.
Title
Illegal voting and registrations; prohibition against voting more than once.
Sponsors
| Sen. Ralph Smith [R] |
Roll Calls
2012-02-23 - Senate - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N) (Y: 34 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) (Y: 36 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) (Y: 36 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-06 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667) | |
| 2012-04-06 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 667 (effective 7/1/12) | |
| 2012-02-29 | Senate: Signed by President | |
| 2012-02-28 | House: Signed by Speaker | |
| 2012-02-28 | Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER) | |
| 2012-02-28 | Senate: Enrolled | |
| 2012-02-23 | Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N) | |
| 2012-02-23 | Senate: Passed by temporarily | |
| 2012-02-21 | House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-02-21 | House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-02-21 | House: Engrossed by House as amended | |
| 2012-02-21 | House: Committee amendment agreed to | |
| 2012-02-21 | House: Read third time | |
| 2012-02-20 | House: Read second time | |
| 2012-02-17 | House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-02-13 | House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections | |
| 2012-02-13 | House: Read first time | |
| 2012-02-13 | House: Placed on Calendar | |
| 2012-01-31 | Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) | |
| 2012-01-30 | Senate: Read second time and engrossed | |
| 2012-01-27 | Senate: Passed by for the day | |
| 2012-01-26 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-01-24 | Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N) | |
| 2012-01-17 | Senate: Assigned to P&E sub: Campaigns and Elections | |
| 2012-01-10 | Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections | |
| 2012-01-10 | Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103343D |
Same As/Similar To
HB60 (Same As) 2012-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652)
