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HB 623 Elections; administrative matters and duties of electoral board and general registrar.
Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Elections, administrative matters, and duties of the electoral board and general registrar. Provides for certain administrative efficiencies: permits general registrar to administer oath to voting equipment custodians; clarifies method to give notice of change in location of general registrar's office; modernizes procedures to give public notice of registration times and primaries; and permits absentee ballot envelopes to be opened before election day so long as the ballots are placed in a secure ballot container and no count is initiated. This bill is identical to SB 566.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103714D pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/12 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB623ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103714D
- 01/10/12 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/16/12 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections Subcommittee
- 01/24/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/12 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/12 House: Read first time
- 01/31/12 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/01/12 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/21/12 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/12 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/12 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/24/12 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/24/12 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/24/12 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/12 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/12 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/12 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/28/12 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/12 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/12 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/12 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB623ER)
- 03/05/12 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/12 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/12 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 328 (effective 7/1/12)
- 03/22/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328)