Virginia Senate Bill 740 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on April 22 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1268)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

County and city precincts; required to be wholly contained within election districts; waiver for administration of split precinct. Requires each county and city precinct to be wholly contained within a single congressional district, Senate district, House of Delegates district, and local election district. In each year ending in one, the governing body of each county and city is required to establish the precinct boundaries to be consistent with any congressional district, Senate district, House of Delegates district, and local election district that was adopted by the appropriate authority by June 15 of that year, and if new districts have not been adopted by the appropriate authority by that date, the governing body is permitted to use the districts as they existed on June 15 of that year as the basis for establishing the precincts to be used in the November elections held that year. The bill requires a governing body to apply to the State Board of Elections for a waiver to administer a split precinct if it is unable to establish a precinct with the minimum number of registered voters without splitting the precinct between two or more congressional districts, Senate districts, House of Delegates districts, or local election districts, and the State Board is authorized to grant the waiver or to direct the establishment of a precinct with less than the minimum number of registered voters as permitted by current law. A governing body that is granted a waiver to administer a split precinct or is directed to establish a precinct with fewer than the minimum number of voters is permitted to use that precinct for any election held that year.

County and city precincts; required to be wholly contained within election districts.

Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]

Sen. George Barker [D]

Sen. Mark Peake [R]

2020-04-22 - House - House: VOTE: (90-Y 1-N) (Y: 90 N: 1 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-08 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 4-N) (Y: 91 N: 4 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (Y: 0 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-03-04 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) (Y: 96 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1268)
2020-04-22	House	Enacted, Chapter 1268 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-04-22	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB740ER2)
2020-04-22	Senate	Reenrolled
2020-04-22		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22	House	VOTE: (90-Y 1-N)
2020-04-22	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 1-N)
2020-04-22	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
2020-04-11	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-18	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB740ER)
2020-03-08	House	VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 4-N)
2020-03-08	House	Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 4-N)
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-03-07		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05	House	Delegates: Lindsey, Simon, Runion
2020-03-05	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-05	Senate	Senators: Obenshain, Barker, Surovell
2020-03-05	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05	Senate	Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05	House	House requested conference committee
2020-03-05	House	House insisted on substitute
2020-03-05	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
2020-03-04	House	VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N)
2020-03-04	House	Passed House with substitute (96-Y 2-N)
2020-03-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB740H1
2020-03-04	House	Passed by temporarily
2020-03-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20109368D-H1
2020-03-04	House	Read third time
2020-03-03	House	Read second time
2020-02-28	House	Committee substitute printed 20109368D-H1
2020-02-28	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
2020-02-17	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2020-02-14	House	Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-27	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-24	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB740S1
2020-01-24	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20106352D-S1
2020-01-24	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-24	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-23	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20106352D-S1
2020-01-21	Senate	Incorporates SB121 (Barker)
2020-01-21	Senate	Incorporates SB119 (Peake)
2020-01-21	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102798D

SB119 (Similar To) 2020-01-21 - Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
SB121 (Similar To) 2020-01-21 - Incorporated by Privileges and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	304.04	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB740
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB740+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB740S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB740H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB740ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB740ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1268+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0060+SB0740
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0135SB0740+SB0740
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0168SB0740+SB0740
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1802V0013+SB0740
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H18V0145+SB0740
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1821+SB0740
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1559SB0740+SB0740
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1648SB0740+SB0740
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1832SB0740+SB0740
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2100+SB0740
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1954SB0740+SB0740
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2258+SB0740