HB 1362

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2020 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 08, 2020
  • Passed House Feb 07, 2020
  • Passed Senate Feb 27, 2020
  • Signed by Governor Apr 11, 2020

General registrars; certification requirement, removal from office.

Abstract

General registrars; certification requirement; removal from office. Provides for a certification program to be conducted by the State Board of Elections for the general registrars. The bill requires each general registrar to complete the certification program and receive his certification within the 12 months following initial appointment or any subsequent reappointment; failure to do so shall result in removal from office. The State Board is authorized to grant a waiver requested by a local electoral board to extend, on a case-by-case basis, the 12-month deadline. The State Board is required to develop a training curriculum for the certification program and standards for completing the program and maintaining certification, including required hours of annual training. No fees shall be charged to a general registrar for any required training as part of the certification program.

General registrars; certification requirement;removal from office. Provides for a certification program tobe conducted by the State Board of Elections for the general registrars.The bill requires each general registrar to complete the certificationprogram and receive his certification within the 12 months followinginitial appointment or any subsequent reappointment; failure to doso shall result in removal from office. The State Board is requiredto develop a training curriculum for the certification program andstandards for completing the program and maintaining certification,including required hours of training. No fees shall be charged toa general registrar for any required training as part of the certificationprogram.

Bill Sponsors (1)

Votes


Actions


Apr 11, 2020

Office of the Governor

Approved by Governor-Chapter 1148 (effective 7/1/20)

Mar 12, 2020

Office of the Governor

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020

House

Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020

Mar 06, 2020

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB1362ER)

Mar 05, 2020

Senate

Signed by President

House

Signed by Speaker

Mar 04, 2020

House

Enrolled

Feb 27, 2020

Senate

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

Senate

Read third time

Feb 26, 2020

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)

Feb 25, 2020

Senate

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

Feb 18, 2020

Senate

Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

Senate

Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)

Feb 10, 2020

Senate

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed

Feb 07, 2020

House

Read third time and passed House (96-Y 3-N)

House

VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N)

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB1362E)

Feb 06, 2020

House

Committee amendments agreed to

House

Printed as engrossed 20102712D-E

House

Engrossed by House as amended HB1362E

House

Read second time

Feb 05, 2020

House

Read first time

Feb 03, 2020

House

Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)

House

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

Jan 31, 2020

House

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

House

Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government

House

Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (20-Y 2-N)

Jan 27, 2020

House

House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

House

Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

House

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB1362)

Jan 13, 2020

House

Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments

Jan 08, 2020

House

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102712D

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Impact statement from DPB (HB1362) HTML
Engrossed by House as amended HB1362E HTML
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1362ER) HTML
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1148) HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Amendment: HB1362AH HTML

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