SB371
Elections, State Board of; expands membership, appointment of Commissioner of Elections.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. State Board of Elections; membership; appointment of Commissioner of Elections.
Exempts the Department of Elections from provisions allowing the Governor to appoint a chief deputy and a confidential assistant for policy or administration. The bill expands the membership of the State Board of Elections (the State Board) from five members to eight members with equal representation given to both parties. ... (More) The bill requires the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia to designate a retired circuit court judge to serve as the tie breaker for the State Board. The bill also gives the State Board the authority and duty to appoint the Commissioner of Elections of the Department of Elections and requires an affirmative vote of five of the State Board's eight members for the appointment and removal of the Commissioner of Elections. In the event that a vacancy occurs in the office of the Commissioner of Elections, the bill provides that the Director of Operations of the Department of Elections will serve as the head of the agency until such vacancy is filled by the State Board. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/11/2022 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104057D
- 01/11/2022 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/18/2022 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 01/18/2022 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 22104694D-S1
- 01/18/2022 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/19/2022 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/21/2022 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB371S1)
- 01/26/2022 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
- 01/27/2022 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2022 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/2022 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/28/2022 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22104694D-S1
- 01/28/2022 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB371S1
- 01/31/2022 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/01/2022 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 22105599D-S2 (Vogel)
- 02/01/2022 - Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2022 - Senate: Committee substitute reconsidered (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2022 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 22104694D-S1
- 02/01/2022 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/2022 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/2022 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/2022 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB371S2)
- 02/03/2022 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 22105848D-S3 (Vogel)
- 02/03/2022 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 22105963D-S4 (Vogel)
- 02/03/2022 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/2022 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Vogel withdrawn 22105999D-S2
- 02/03/2022 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Vogel withdrawn 22105848D-S3
- 02/03/2022 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/2022 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Vogel agreed to 22105963D-S4
- 02/03/2022 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB371S4
- 02/04/2022 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/07/2022 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2022 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB371S4)
- 02/22/2022 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/2022 - House: Read first time
- 02/22/2022 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/25/2022 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/2022 - House: Committee substitute printed 22107106D-H1
- 03/01/2022 - House: Read second time
- 03/02/2022 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB371H1)
- 03/02/2022 - House: Read third time
- 03/02/2022 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 22107106D-H1
- 03/02/2022 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB371H1
- 03/02/2022 - House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 2-N)
- 03/02/2022 - House: VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N)
- 03/04/2022 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/2022 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- 03/08/2022 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/08/2022 - House: House requested conference committee
- 03/09/2022 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/2022 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/09/2022 - Senate: Senators: Vogel, Ebbin, McClellan
- 03/10/2022 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/10/2022 - House: Delegates: Ransone, Adams, L.R., Adams, D.M.
- 03/12/2022 - Senate: Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
