Candidates; declaration of candidacy for primary.
Summary
Elections; candidates for office; conduct ofprimaries; declaration of candidacy. Requires a candidate fornomination by primary to file a written declaration of candidacyincluding a statement that his name shall not be printed on the ballotsfor that office in the succeeding general election if the candidatewithdraws from or is defeated in the primary. Under current law,only candidates who are defeated in a primary election are subjectto such restriction.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Dec 28, 2023
Signed Mar 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024
How they voted
35–5
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 26, 2024
D
Democratic21
76% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
12
Committee
7
Mar 28, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 169 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB90ER)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (18-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
lower
Dec 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe McNamara
RRepublican
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