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SB 923 Voter registration drive; increases penalty for destruction of, failure to mail or del. application.
Introduced by: Harry B. Blevins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Voter registration applications; destruction of, or failure to mail or deliver applications; instructions; other offenses; penalty. Requires the State Board of Elections, local electoral board, and general registrar to provide notice of the penalty (a Class 1 misdemeanor) for destruction of, or failure to mail or deliver, signed voter registration applications in any instructions given for voter registration drives or with distributions of multiple voter registration applications. The bill also makes it a Class 5 felony to solicit multiple registrations from one person or to falsify a registration application. This bill is identical to HB 2412.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/05 Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051430702 pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/05 Senate: Printed as engrossed 051430702-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/05 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB923ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/29/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0339) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/05 Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051430702
- 01/11/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/25/05 Senate: Reported from P. & E. with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/05 Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/05 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/28/05 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/28/05 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB923E
- 01/28/05 Senate: Printed as engrossed 051430702-E
- 01/31/05 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/05 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/05 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/08/05 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/05 House: Read first time
- 02/08/05 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/18/05 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/05 House: Read second time
- 02/22/05 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/23/05 House: Read third time
- 02/23/05 House: Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/05 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/05 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB923ER)
- 03/09/05 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/09/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/21/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 339 (effective 7/1/05)
- 03/29/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0339)