Margaret Ransone
- Republican
Primary
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
Vetoed by Governor
Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019
Reenrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 4/3/19
Signed by President as reenrolled
Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
Reenrolled bill text (HB1620ER2)
Reenrolled
Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
House rejected Governor's recommendation #1-5, 7-14 and 16 (47-Y 51-N)
House concurred in Governor's recommendation #6 and 15 (98-Y 0-N)
Placed on Calendar
Governor's recommendation received by House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 45-N)
Amended by conference committee
Passed by temporarily
Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by House
Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 47-N)
Conferees appointed by Senate
Conferees appointed by House
House acceded to request
Senate requested conference committee
Placed on Calendar
Senate substitute rejected by House 19106755D-S1 (5-Y 93-N)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1620S1
Committee substitute agreed to 19106755D-S1
Reading of substitute waived
Read third time
Passed by for the day
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Constitutional reading dispensed
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N 1-A)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100589D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100589D | HTML |
| Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106755D-S1 | HTML |
| House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1620ER) | HTML |
| House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1620ER2) | HTML |
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