Voter registration; list maintenance data standards, challenges to a voter's registration.
Summary
Voter registration; list maintenance data standards; challenges to a voter's registration. Prohibits the use of voter data received from another state or jurisdiction or through a list comparison for list maintenance purposes when the data file does not include a unique identifier for each individual whose information is contained in the data file. The bill requires the Department of Elections to conduct an annual review of all sources of data utilized for list maintenance activities in the preceding 12-month period for the purpose of determining the validity, completeness, accuracy, and reliability of the data received from each source and to include the results of such review in its annual report to the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections regarding its list maintenance activities. Lastly, the bill removes provisions allowing general registrars to adjudicate challenges to a voter's registration, reserving such process to the courts. The bill includes technical amendments.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Vetoed
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 8, 2024
Vetoed Mar 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 21, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 12, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
14
Committee
8
Apr 17, 2024
Vetoed
Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
upper
Mar 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by Senate
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB196ER)
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House (52-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 1-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Schuyler VanValkenburg
DDemocratic
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