Elections, State Board of; activities related to supervision of local electoral boards & registrars.
Summary
State Board of Elections; activities relatedto the supervision of local electoral boards and general registrars.Requires that the State Board of Elections' supervision of the workof the local electoral boards and general registrars ensure thatmajor risks to election integrity are identified and assessed andaddressed as necessary to promote election uniformity, legality,and purity. The bill authorizes the State Board to develop and implementa certification program for general registrars to ensure that thegeneral registrars are sufficiently trained to effectively administerelections. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint LegislativeAudit and Review Commission.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 5, 2020
Signed Mar 11, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Mar 11, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 291 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB539E
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
lower
Jan 5, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Jan 5, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102244D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
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