County and city precincts; required to be wholly contained within election districts.
Summary
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. This bill incorporates SB 119 and SB 121.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Apr 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Signed Apr 22, 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
56
Key actions
19
Committee
16
Apr 22, 2020
Executive · Passed
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Apr 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 1-N)
lower
Apr 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
upper
Mar 8, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 4-N)
lower
Mar 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 7, 2020
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
House requested conference committee
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (96-Y 2-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB740H1
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20109368D-H1
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB740S1
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106352D-S1
upper
Jan 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102798D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Obenshain
RRepublican
Co
GB
George Barker
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Peake
RRepublican
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