HB214
Candidate petitions; residency of petition circulators, signed statement required for nonresident.
Summary
As Introduced. Candidate petitions; residency of petition circulators; signed statement required for nonresident circulators.
Removes the requirement that a person circulating a petition of qualified voters be a legal resident of the Commonwealth. The bill requires a nonresident petition circulator to sign a statement on the affidavit accompanying the petition that he consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of Virginia in resolving any ... (More) disputes concerning the circulation of petitions, or signatures contained therein, by that person. The signatures of qualified voters collected by a nonresident petition circulator who fails to sign such statement, or who later fails to appear or produce documents when properly served with a subpoena to do so, shall not be counted towards the minimum number of signatures required by law. (Less)-
Bill History
- 12/27/2019 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100434D
- 12/27/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/13/2020 - House: Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance
- 01/22/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB214)
- 01/30/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/2020 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (16-Y 6-N)
- 02/04/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2020 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/06/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (56-Y 43-N)
- 02/06/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/07/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/25/2020 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2020 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/2020 - Senate: Defeated by Senate (17-Y 17-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/28/2020 - Senate: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/05/2020 - House: Enrolled
- 03/05/2020 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB214ER)
- 03/06/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB214ER)
- 03/06/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/2020 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 03/27/2020 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 501 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/27/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0501)
