SB856
Elections, State Board of; increasing membership, staggering terms, role and eligibility, report.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. State Board of Elections; increasing membership ; Commissioner of Elections; role and eligibility; report.
Increases the membership of the State Board of Elections from three members to five members. Representation is given to each of the political parties having the highest and next highest number of votes in the Commonwealth at the preceding gubernatorial election, with three Board members being of the party of ... (More) the Governor. Terms are initially staggered. The bill provides that a Commissioner of Elections, who acts as the principal administrative officer of the Department of Elections, shall be appointed by the Governor. Persons engaging in certain partisan activities, persons related to persons engaging in certain partisan activities, and persons related to members of the State Board are prohibited from serving as the Commissioner of Elections. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2020 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103597D
- 01/08/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/08/2020 - Senate: Introduced bill reprinted 20103597D
- 01/28/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB856)
- 01/28/2020 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (11-Y 2-N)
- 01/30/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/2020 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/31/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/31/2020 - Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/31/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB856E
- 01/31/2020 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 20103597D-E
- 02/03/2020 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/06/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB856E)
- 02/13/2020 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/13/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/14/2020 - House: Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
- 02/17/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/21/2020 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (18-Y 2-N)
- 02/21/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/24/2020 - House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
- 02/25/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2020 - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2020 - House: Read second time
- 03/04/2020 - House: Read third time
- 03/04/2020 - House: Passed House (91-Y 7-N)
- 03/04/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N)
- 03/07/2020 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/2020 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB856ER)
- 03/07/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB856ER)
- 03/12/2020 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/02/2020 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 619 (effective 1/1/21)
- 04/02/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)
