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2001 SESSION

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HB 1856 Absentee voting privileges and applications.

Introduced by: Michele B. McQuigg | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Absentee voting privileges and applications. Revises the provision that allows persons to vote absentee if they work long shifts on election day whether or not they are absent from the county or city in which they vote. The amendments include commuting time along with work time so that a person who commutes and works 11 of the 13 hours that the polls are open will be entitled to vote absentee. The present provision covers work time only and allows a person to vote absentee if he works 11 of the 13 hours that the polls are open.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/04/01 015202844  pdf | impact statement
• 01/31/01  House: Printed as engrossed 015202844-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/22/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1856ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/27/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0631)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
• House amendments rejected

HISTORY

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/04/01 015202844
• 01/10/01  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 01/22/01  House: Assigned to P. & E. sub-committee: 2
• 01/29/01  House: Reported from P. & E. w/amendments (23-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/01  House: Read first time
• 01/31/01  House: Read second time
• 01/31/01  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/31/01  House: Amendments by Del. Hull rejected
• 01/31/01  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 01/31/01  House: Printed as engrossed 015202844-E
• 02/01/01  House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/01  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/01  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/07/01  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/07/01  Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/13/01  Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 3-N)
• 02/14/01  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/01  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/01  Senate: Read third time
• 02/15/01  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/01  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1856ER)
• 02/23/01  House: Enrolled
• 02/26/01  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/26/01  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/25/01  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 631 (effective 7/1/01)
• 03/27/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0631)