Legislation - HB0839

Title: Election Law - Provisional Ballots - Nonpartisan Board of Education Contests
Sponsored by: Delegate Roberson
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Providing that a voter is qualified to vote a provisional ballot if the provisional ballot was cast because the voter claimed a different political party affiliation from the political party affiliation on record for the voter and the voter made a selection in a nonpartisan board of education contest; and requiring a local board of canvassers to count only the votes cast in a nonpartisan board of education contest for those provisional ballots.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means

Opposite:: Education, Energy, and the Environment

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Details

Cross-filed with: SB0543

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/29/2025 Legislative Date 1/29/2025 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Election Law - Provisional Ballots - Nonpartisan Board of Education Contests Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/04/2025 Legislative Date 2/04/2025 Action Hearing 2/18 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 3/04/2025 Legislative Date 3/04/2025 Action Favorable Report by Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/05/2025 Legislative Date 2/26/2025 Action Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed Proceedings 38 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Election Law - Provisional Ballots - Nonpartisan Board of Education Contests Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/11/2025 Legislative Date 2/28/2025 Action Third Reading Passed (128-12) Proceedings 40 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/12/2025 Legislative Date 2/22/2025 Action Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Proceedings 42 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/29/2025	1/29/2025	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - Election Law - Provisional Ballots - Nonpartisan Board of Education Contests
House	2/04/2025	2/04/2025	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/04/2025	3/04/2025	Favorable Report by Ways and Means
House	3/05/2025	2/26/2025	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed	38 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Election Law - Provisional Ballots - Nonpartisan Board of Education Contests
House	3/11/2025	2/28/2025	Third Reading Passed (128-12)	40 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/12/2025	2/22/2025	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment	42 Click to view Recorded Media

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