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HB 724 Absentee voting; electoral board may delay opening voter precinct.
Introduced by: Edward T. Scott | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Elections; polling hours; and central absentee voter precincts. Permits the local electoral board, with the agreement of the general registrar, to delay the opening of the central absentee voter precinct from 6:00 a.m. for up to six hours or until noon, so long as the general registrar's office is available for the receipt of returned absentee ballots during that time and the central precinct is in the same location as the general registrar's office.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088736716 pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB724ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0423) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088736716
- 01/08/08 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/15/08 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 01/18/08 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/08 House: Read first time
- 01/22/08 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/23/08 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/24/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/24/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/19/08 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/08 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/08 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/22/08 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/22/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/22/08 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/26/08 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/08 House: Enrolled
- 02/28/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB724ER)
- 02/28/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 423 (effective 7/1/08)
- 03/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0423)