Local officers; removal of elected and certain appointed officers by circuit court.
Summary
Removal of elected and certain appointed localofficers by courts; Governor. Allows the Governor to petitionthe circuit court to remove from office any local elected officeror local officer who has been appointed to fill a local electiveoffice due to certain issues related to neglect of duty or criminalconvictions. Under current law, this process is initiated only bya voter petition.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Jan 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2024
Last action Feb 9, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 9, 2024
How they voted
21–1
Passed
Total votes 22
Feb 9, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican10
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 9, 2024
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-1)
house of delegates
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
A.C. Cordoza
RRepublican
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