HB 1696 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Filling vacancies in the United States Senate.

Summary
Removes the language limiting the date at which a special election can be held to fill a vacancy occurring in the representation of the Commonwealth in the United States Senate. The bill also removes the authority of the Governor to make a temporary appointment to fill such a vacancy. The bill allows the Governor to immediately issue a writ to call an election upon receipt of written notification by a Senator or Senator-elect of his resignation and makes such resignation irrevocable after the date stated by him for his resignation or after the forty-fifth day before the date set for the special election.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jan 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2017 Last action Feb 17, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 26, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N)
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns
legislature
Jan 6, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Jan 6, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101077D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Photo of Danny Marshall
Danny Marshall
RRepublican
VA
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