HB1362
General registrars; certification requirement, removal from office.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. General registrars; certification requirement; removal from office.
Provides for a certification program to be conducted by the State Board of Elections for the general registrars. The bill requires each general registrar to complete the certification program and receive his certification within the 12 months following initial appointment or any subsequent reappointment; failure to do so shall result ... (More) in removal from office. The State Board is authorized to grant a waiver requested by a local electoral board to extend, on a case-by-case basis, the 12-month deadline. The State Board is required to develop a training curriculum for the certification program and standards for completing the program and maintaining certification, including required hours of annual training. No fees shall be charged to a general registrar for any required training as part of the certification program. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2020 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102712D
- 01/08/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/13/2020 - House: Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
- 01/27/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1362)
- 01/27/2020 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/27/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/27/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/2020 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (20-Y 2-N)
- 01/31/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/2020 - House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
- 02/03/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2020 - House: Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2020 - House: Read second time
- 02/06/2020 - House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/06/2020 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1362E
- 02/06/2020 - House: Printed as engrossed 20102712D-E
- 02/07/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1362E)
- 02/10/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/18/2020 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/2020 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/25/2020 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/2020 - House: Enrolled
- 03/04/2020 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1362ER)
- 03/05/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1362ER)
- 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
- 04/11/2020 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1148 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/11/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1148)
