Virginia Senate Bill 536 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 27 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-04-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703)

Elections; certification of voting equipment. Provides for additional testing of voting equipment in the certification process by individuals with expertise in election management and computer system security. The bill also permits decertification of a product if the vendor fails to supply annual updates on the security and functionality of the product, and it gives the State Board of Elections explicit authority to decertify products based on problems in Virginia or those reported by federal or other state officials.

Elections; additional testing of voting equipment in certification process.

Sen. George Barker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-04-14		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703)
2008-03-27		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 703 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-03-11		Senate: Signed by President
2008-03-08		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-03-08		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB536ER)
2008-03-08		Senate: Enrolled
2008-03-05		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2008-03-05		House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2008-03-05		House: Passed by temporarily
2008-03-05		House: Read third time
2008-03-04		House: Read second time
2008-02-29		House: Reported from Appropriations (23-Y 0-N)
2008-02-19		House: Assigned App. sub: General Government (Abbitt)
2008-02-15		House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2008-02-15		House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)
2008-02-13		House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
2008-02-13		House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2008-02-13		House: Read first time
2008-02-13		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-08		Senate: Communicated to House
2008-02-08		Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-08		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-08		Senate: Printed as engrossed 087641248-E
2008-02-08		Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB536E
2008-02-08		Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
2008-02-08		Senate: Reading of amendments waived
2008-02-08		Senate: Read second time
2008-02-07		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2008-02-05		Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
2008-01-09		Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2008-01-09		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087641248

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB536