Virginia House Bill 1658 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)
Status: Introduced on November 30 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Vote by mail; pilot program. Requires the Department of Elections to develop a pilot program for conducting elections by mail. In a vote-by-mail election, a ballot is mailed to every registered voter, and the ballots are returned by the voters by mailing the ballot to the office of the general registrar, by delivering the ballot in person to the office of the general registrar, or by depositing the ballot at a drop-off location. The bill allows any county or city to apply to participate in the pilot program, subject to approval by the State Board, and requires participating localities to provide a report on the pilot program in its locality to the State Board by December 1 of each year in which it participates. The bill requires the State Board to submit a report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections on the pilot program, including a recommendation as to whether all elections in the Commonwealth should be conducted by mail. The bill has an expiration date of December 31, 2022.

Vote by mail; Department of Elections to develop a pilot program.

Del. Debra Rodman [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]
Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Lee Carter [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]
Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Chris Hurst [D]
Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]
Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. David Reid [D]	Sen. Danica Roem [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

2019-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2019-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 0-N)
2019-01-12	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
2018-11-30	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2018-11-30	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101015D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	642.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1658
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1658+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1801V0012+HB1658