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2020 SESSION
HB 761 Elections; preclearance of certain covered practices required, definitions.
Introduced by: Schuyler T. VanValkenburg | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Elections; preclearance of certain covered practices required. Requires the governing body of a covered jurisdiction, prior to enacting or seeking to administer any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or any standard, practice, or procedure with respect to voting, that is a covered practice, to either (i) institute an action in the circuit court for the jurisdiction for a declaratory judgment that the covered practice neither has the purpose or effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color or membership in a language minority group nor will it result in the retrogression in the position of members of a racial or ethnic group with respect to their effective exercise of the electoral franchise or (ii) submit such covered practice to the Office of the Attorney General for issuance of a certification that no objection exists to the enactment or administration by the covered jurisdiction of the covered practice. A covered practice cannot be given effect until the circuit court has entered such judgement or the Attorney General has issued such certification. The bill provides to a covered jurisdiction the right to appeal an objection by the Attorney General and to an aggrieved citizen the right to appeal the Attorney General's issuance of a certification of no objection. A "covered jurisdiction" is defined to mean any county, city, or town that is determined by the Attorney General to have a voting age population that contains two or more racial or ethnic groups, each constituting at least 20 percent of its voting age population. The bill also defines "covered practice."
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102058D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106652D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108878D-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102058D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/13/20 House: Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
- 01/27/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106652D-H1
- 01/31/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/20 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
- 02/03/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/03/20 House: Reported from Appropriations (10-Y 8-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Read first time
- 02/06/20 House: Read second time
- 02/06/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106652D-H1
- 02/06/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB761H1
- 02/07/20 House: Read third time and passed House (59-Y 40-N)
- 02/07/20 House: VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/25/20 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108878D-S1
- 02/25/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/02/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (11-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 03/04/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/05/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108878D-S1
- 03/05/20 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/05/20 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/05/20 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/05/20 Senate: Amendment by Senator Petersen agreed to (20-Y 20-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Chair votes Yes
- 03/05/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB761S1
- 03/05/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108878D-S1 (64-Y 32-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 32-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Senate amendment #1 from Finance and Appropriations rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Senate floor amendment by Senate Petersen agreed to by House (58-Y 40-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 40-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (24-Y 15-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/05/20 House: House acceded to request
- 03/05/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senators: Deeds, Petersen, McDougle
- 03/05/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/05/20 House: Delegates: VanValkenburg, Simon, Price
- 03/12/20 House: No further action taken
- 03/12/20 House: Failed to pass in House