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2009 SESSION

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HB 2197 Assistance for certain voters; provides certain procedures in language other than English.

Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Elections; assistance for certain voters. Provides certain procedures for assisting voters in a language other than English and requires the officer or person assisting a voter using a paper or mark-sense ballot to deposit the ballot in the ballot container without examining its contents.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 091193784  pdf
• 02/28/09  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2197ER)  pdf
• 04/08/09  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2197ER2)  pdf
• 04/08/09  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0809)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/14/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 091193784
• 01/14/09  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 01/22/09  House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
• 01/27/09  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting
• 01/30/09  House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 1-N)
• 02/02/09  House: Read first time
• 02/03/09  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/04/09  House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/09  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/09  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/05/09  Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/17/09  Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/09  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/09  Senate: Read third time
• 02/20/09  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/09  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
• 02/20/09  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/23/09  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/09  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/09  House: Enrolled
• 02/28/09  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2197ER)
• 02/28/09  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/28/09  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/30/09  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 04/07/09  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/08/09  House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
• 04/08/09  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
• 04/08/09  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 04/08/09  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/08/09  House: Reenrolled
• 04/08/09  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2197ER2)
• 04/08/09  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/08/09  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/08/09  House: Enacted, Chapter 809 (effective 7/1/09)
• 04/08/09  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0809)