HB623
Rights of voters; covered practices, civil cause of action, standing, jurisdiction, and venue.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 17, 2024
House: House sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Cia Price (D)
Session:
2024 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Rights of voters; covered practices; civil cause of action; standing, jurisdiction, and venue.
Provides that, in addition to voters who are members of a protected class and the Attorney General, any organization whose membership includes voters who are members of a protected class or any organization whose mission, in whole or in part, is to ensure voting access shall be entitled to institute ... (More) a civil cause of action for alleged violations of certain laws related to the rights of voters. The bill provides that the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond shall have jurisdiction over such actions and such actions shall be subject to expedited pretrial and trial proceedings and receive an automatic calendar preference. The bill allows the governing body of any county or city to establish, by ordinance, a plan each year for the number and location of voter satellite offices and the dates and hours of operation of such satellite offices for all elections to be held in the county or city that year. The bill also adds to the definition of "covered practice" any change that reduces the number of voter satellite offices in a locality or reduces the number of days or the hours of operation of a voter satellite office in a locality or that deviates from the plan established by the governing body each year. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103841D
- 01/09/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/02/2024 - House: Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
- 02/05/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/06/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB623)
- 02/09/2024 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/11/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/13/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (50-Y 48-N)
- 02/13/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (50-Y 48-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107904D-S1
- 02/29/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/2024 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/01/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB623S1)
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107904D-S1
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB623S1
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/05/2024 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107904D-S1 (51-Y 49-N)
- 03/05/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 49-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/25/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/25/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB623ER)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/04/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB623ER)
- 04/08/2024 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/2024 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
