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2011 SESSION
SB 1156 General registrar, electoral board, and their employees; exemption from jury service.
Introduced by: Frederick M. Quayle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Exemption from jury service; general registrar, electoral board, and their employees. Provides that any general registrar, local electoral board member, or person appointed or employed by a general registrar or local electoral board, except officers of election, shall be exempt from jury service upon his request. This exemption applies only to jury service starting (i) during the period beginning 90 days before any election and continuing through election day; (ii) during the period to ascertain the results of the election and continuing for 10 days after the local electoral board certifies the results of the election or the State Board of Elections certifies the results of the election; or (iii) during the period of an election recount or contested election. Any officer of election shall be exempt from jury service upon his request only on the day of the election and during the period to ascertain the results of an election or the period of an election recount or contested election.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/11 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11103538D pdf
- 02/21/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11105470D-H1 pdf
- 03/03/11 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1156ER) pdf
- 03/26/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/12/11 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11103538D
- 01/12/11 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/13/11 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/07/11 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/11 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/08/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/11 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/11 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/11 House: Read first time
- 02/09/11 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/11 House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
- 02/21/11 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11105470D-H1
- 02/23/11 House: Read second time
- 02/24/11 House: Read third time
- 02/24/11 House: Committee substitute agreed to 11105470D-H1
- 02/24/11 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1156H1
- 02/24/11 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/24/11 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 Senate: Title replaced 11105470D-H1
- 03/03/11 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/03/11 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1156ER)
- 03/03/11 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/11 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/11 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 708 (effective 7/1/11)
- 03/26/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708)