Many thanks to Senator Glen Sturtevant of Senate District 12, who has filed SB 527 for the 2024 legislative session of the General Assembly.
Detailing the procedures for selecting and managing Virginia delegates to an Article V Convention, SB 527 goes to the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.
Here’s how you can participate either in-person or virtually:
1 – Sign up here to join our team in Richmond when SB 527 comes to the Senate P&E Committee Floor:
When: Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at 12:30pm
Where: in the cafeteria on the first floor of the General Assembly building
Why: After the morning’s general session ends, we will walk together to the Senate chamber to support SB 527.
2 - If you cannot attend in person, click this link to sign up to give virtual testimony in favor of SB 527. (Virtual participants must sign up to speak one half hour before the committee meeting begins. Look for the Privileges and Elections Committee for January 23.)
3 - At this link on Tuesday you can watch the action as it unfolds. (Look for the Privileges and Elections Committee session on January 23, after the morning's geneal session ends.)
The nuts and bolts of the Faithful Delegate procedures listed in SB 527 are summarized below.
Regarding qualification of delegates:
At the time of his appointment, and throughout his commissionable service, a delegate shall:
1. Have been a United States citizen for not less than five years;
2. Have been a legal resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia for not less than five years;
3. Be at least 25 years of age;
4. Be an active registered voter in the Commonwealth of Virginia;
5. Not have been registered or have been required to register as a federal lobbyist at any time within the last five years;
6. Not have been a federal contractor or employee, other than a member of the United States Armed Forces, at any time within the last 10 years;
7. Not have held a federal elected or appointed office at any time within the last 10 years;
8. Not have had any felony convictions for crimes involving moral turpitude;
9. Not have had any felony convictions within the last 10 years; and
10. Not hold a statewide office while performing the duties of delegate or interim delegate.
Regarding protecting the Constitution:
A delegate shall not vote in favor of any proposed amendment that would alter the text of the specific guarantees of individual liberty established by the Constitution of the United States, including the original Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
Read the entire scope of SB 527 here.
