HB1990
Election of certain governing bodies; conversion to single-member districts.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: House sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Alex Askew (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Election of certain governing bodies; conversion to single-member districts.
Allows the governing body of a locality that has been subject to a court order imposing a remedial election system under voting rights laws to adopt an ordinance to convert one or more at-large members of such body to single-member districts, provided that the governing body also adopts and implements ... (More) the remedial election system contained in the court order. The bill provides that members of such governing body in office on the effective date of such ordinance shall complete their terms of office. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102267D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/15/2025 - House: Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/20/2025 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/24/2025 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 7-N)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/29/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/30/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 42-N) Close Floor Vote
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25107110D-S1
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Local Government Substitute agreed to
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/14/2025 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (50-Y 46-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/19/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 02/19/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1990ER)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's Veto Received by House
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
