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| Bill | Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county, etc. | Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county or city. Provides that if a member of a local electoral board ceases to be a qualified voter of the county or city for which he was appointed, his office is vacated and such vacancy is to be filled as provided by law. The bill clarifies that a person must be a qualified voter of the county or city in order to be eligible to serve as an electoral board member of that county or city. This bill is identical to HB 1285. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 737 | Virginia SB 737 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 737 (2020) — Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county, etc.
Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county or city. Provides that if a member of a local electoral board ceases to be a qualified voter of the county or city for which he was appointed, his office is vacated and such vacancy is to be filled as provided by law. The bill clarifies that a person must be a qualified voter of the county or city in order to be eligible to serve as an electoral board member of that county or city. This bill is identical to HB 1285.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0370) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB737ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB737) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103945D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB737)
- 2020-01-21 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-24 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
referral-committee - 2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-21 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-25 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-26 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2020-02-26 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-28 House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-05 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB737ER)
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-07 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 370 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60fc19fb-6a1f-438e-96bf-0f68a8caf4a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).