Voter registration; proof of citizenship required to register to vote in certain elections.
Summary
Requires persons applying to register to vote to provide proof of United States citizenship in a form enumerated in the bill. An applicant who does not provide such proof of citizenship shall be registered to vote in federal elections only. An applicant who does provide such proof of citizenship shall be registered to vote in federal, state, and local elections. The bill provides that any person who is registered in the Commonwealth on January 1, 2018, will be deemed to have provided proof of citizenship. The bill directs the general registrars to indicate on each registered voter's registration record whether such voter is registered to vote in federal, state, and local elections or in federal elections only.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2017
Last action Feb 21, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 20, 2017
Committee
Rereferred to Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
legislature
Feb 17, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 33-N)
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Elections
legislature
Jan 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100743D
legislature
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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