Virginia Senate Bill 547 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-21 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Super precincts; pilot program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to conduct a pilot program under which one or more counties or cities, whose proposal for participation in such pilot program is unanimously approved by the State Board, would be permitted to use super precincts in the May general or June primary elections. The bill requires the governing body of a county or city applying to participate in the pilot program to submit a plan for participation that includes (i) the number of super precincts to be established in the county or city and the boundaries of such precincts and (ii) the location of vote centers to be established in each super precinct. The bill defines "super precinct" as the territory established by a county or city pursuant to the pilot program to be served by one or more vote centers and "vote center" as the structure that contains the one place provided for each super precinct at which the qualified voters who are residents of the super precinct may vote in a June primary election. The bill contains maximum criteria for any proposal for participation in the pilot program. The bill requires the State Board to report on the implementation and effectiveness of the pilot program by August 15 of any year in which one or more localities participate in the pilot program. The bill has an expiration date of December 31, 2024.

Super precincts; pilot program.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-21	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Committee substitute printed to LIS only 20106698D-S1
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101967D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	307.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Typ	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB547
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB547+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB547S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0044+SB0547