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SB 283 Illegal voting and registrations; prohibition against voting more than once.
Introduced by: Ralph K. Smith | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Illegal voting and registrations; write-in absentee ballots. Clarifies that the prohibition against voting more than once in one election does not apply to military and overseas voters entitled to vote a federal write-in absentee ballot who may send in both the write-in ballot and a state absentee ballot. If both ballots are received prior to the close of the polls, the state ballot will be the one counted. This bill is identical to HB 60.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103343D pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103343D
- 01/10/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/17/12 Senate: Assigned to P&E sub: Campaigns and Elections
- 01/24/12 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N)
- 01/26/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/12 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/12 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/31/12 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
- 02/13/12 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/12 House: Read first time
- 02/13/12 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/17/12 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/12 House: Read second time
- 02/21/12 House: Read third time
- 02/21/12 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/21/12 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/21/12 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/12 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/23/12 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/28/12 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/28/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER)
- 02/28/12 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/29/12 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/06/12 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 667 (effective 7/1/12)
- 04/06/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)