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2001 SESSION

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SB 1217 Absentee ballots; application for disabled voters; study report.

Introduced by: Mary Margaret Whipple | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)

Applications by ill or disabled voters for absentee ballots for multiple elections. Provides for the filing of one application by an ill or disabled voter for all elections in one calendar year. The general registrar will send such voters an application in advance of each calendar year. Present law requires a separate absentee ballot application to be filed for each election. The State Board of Elections is required to monitor and report on the use of the new procedure beginning July 1, 2002. This bill is the same as HB 1579.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/01  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 016015564  pdf | impact statement
• 01/31/01  Senate: Committee substitute printed 018695564-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/01  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1217ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/06/01  Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1217ER2)  pdf
• 04/09/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0850)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
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HISTORY

• 01/10/01  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 016015564
• 01/10/01  Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 01/30/01  Senate: Reported from P. & E. with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
• 01/31/01  Senate: Committee substitute printed 018695564-S1
• 01/31/01  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/01  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/01  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/02/01  Senate: Read second time
• 02/02/01  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/02/01  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 018695564-S1
• 02/02/01  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute 018695564-S1
• 02/05/01  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
• 02/05/01  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (32-Y 7-N)
• 02/05/01  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/09/01  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/09/01  House: Read first time
• 02/09/01  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/12/01  House: Reported from P. & E. w/amendments (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/01  House: Read second time
• 02/14/01  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/15/01  House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
• 02/15/01  House: Rereferred to Privileges and Elections
• 02/19/01  House: Reported from P. & E. w/amendments (23-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/01  House: Read second time
• 02/21/01  House: Read third time
• 02/21/01  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/21/01  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/21/01  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/01  House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/01  Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/01  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/01  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1217ER)
• 03/02/01  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/02/01  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/02/01  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/01  Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 04/04/01  Senate: Placed on Calendar
• 04/04/01  Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
• 04/04/01  Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMM. (39-Y 0-N)
• 04/05/01  House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (96-Y 2-N)
• 04/05/01  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 2-N)
• 04/05/01  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/05/01  Senate: Reenrolled
• 04/05/01  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/05/01  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/05/01  House: Enacted, Chapter 850 (effective 7/1/01)
• 04/06/01  Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1217ER2)
• 04/09/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0850)