Legislation

Title: Election Law – Correctional Facilities – Voting Coordinators
Sponsored by: Delegates Washington, Acevero, Barron, D.M. Davis, Fennell, W. Fisher, Ivey, Jackson, Moon, Mosby, Queen, and Wilkins
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Requiring each correctional facility to designate an employee to act as the correctional facility's voting coordinator; providing the purpose of the coordinator is to facilitate voter registration and voting by eligible detainees by informing eligible detainees of upcoming elections, the dissemination of eligibility requirements and voter registration applications, and the transmission of certain applications and ballots between eligible detainees and the local boards of elections; etc.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Judicial Proceedings

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0936

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0542 Session: 2018 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2019

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/24/2019 Legislative Date 1/24/2019 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Election Law - Eligible Detainees - Information on Voting Rights Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/25/2019 Legislative Date 1/25/2019 Action Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/07/2019 Legislative Date 3/07/2019 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/08/2019 Legislative Date 3/08/2019 Action Favorable with Amendments {395468/1 Adopted Proceedings 43 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/08/2019 Legislative Date 3/08/2019 Action Motion Special Order until 03/12 (Delegate M. Fisher) Adopted Proceedings 43 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/13/2019 Legislative Date 3/10/2019 Action Floor Amendment {923120/2 (Delegate Howard) Rejected (41-95) Proceedings 45 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/13/2019 Legislative Date 3/10/2019 Action Floor Amendment {223629/1 (Delegate Corderman) Rejected (39-97) Proceedings 45 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/13/2019 Legislative Date 3/10/2019 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 45 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Election Law – Correctional Facilities – Voting Coordinators Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/14/2019 Legislative Date 3/11/2019 Action Third Reading Passed (96-41) Proceedings 46 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/14/2019 Legislative Date 3/14/2019 Action Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Judicial Proceedings Proceedings 46AClick to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/24/2019	1/24/2019	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - Election Law - Eligible Detainees - Information on Voting Rights
House	1/25/2019	1/25/2019	Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/07/2019	3/07/2019	Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
House	3/08/2019	3/08/2019	Favorable with Amendments {395468/1 Adopted	43 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/08/2019	3/08/2019	Motion Special Order until 03/12 (Delegate M. Fisher) Adopted	43 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/13/2019	3/10/2019	Floor Amendment {923120/2 (Delegate Howard) Rejected (41-95)	45 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/13/2019	3/10/2019	Floor Amendment {223629/1 (Delegate Corderman) Rejected (39-97)	45 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/13/2019	3/10/2019	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	45 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Election Law – Correctional Facilities – Voting Coordinators
House	3/14/2019	3/11/2019	Third Reading Passed (96-41)	46 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/14/2019	3/14/2019	Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Judicial Proceedings	46AClick to view Recorded Media

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