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Committee approves residency requirement and party-selection amendment for legislative vacancies
Summary
The committee reported Senate Bill 139, which would require appointees to legislative vacancies to have lived within the district they would represent for one year before appointment; the committee also adopted a conceptual amendment requiring the party’s state executive committee rules to govern how local lists are composed and submitted.
The committee reported Senate Bill 139, as conceptually amended, to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass. The bill would require that a person appointed to a vacancy in the office of state senator or as a member of the House of Delegates have been a resident of the district they would represent for one year immediately preceding the appointment.
Counsel explained the bill’s principal language and read the new residency provision to the committee: "No person shall be appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of state senator or as a member of the House of Delegates who has not for 1 year preceding the appointment been a resident…
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