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HB 1318 Absentee ballots; photo identification required for submission of application.
Introduced by: Jeffrey L. Campbell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Applications for absentee ballots; photo identification required. Requires that any voter submitting his application for an absentee ballot by mail or by electronic or telephonic transmission to a facsimile device shall submit with his application a copy of one of the forms of identification acceptable under current law. The bill exempts from this requirement military and overseas voters and persons with a disability. Currently, only a voter who completes his application for an absentee ballot in person is required to show a form of identification.
FULL TEXT
- 11/18/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100844D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/15 House: Floor substitute printed 15104728D-H1 (Krupicka) pdf
- 02/03/15 House: Floor substitute printed 15104722D-H2 (Krupicka) pdf
- 02/06/15 House: Printed as engrossed 15100844D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1318ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 11/18/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100844D
- 11/18/14 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/13/15 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 01/27/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 01/30/15 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (16-Y 6-N)
- 02/02/15 House: Read first time
- 02/03/15 House: Floor substitute printed 15104728D-H1 (Krupicka)
- 02/03/15 House: Floor substitute printed 15104722D-H2 (Krupicka)
- 02/03/15 House: Read second time
- 02/03/15 House: Speaker ruled substitutes by Delegate Krupicka, 15104728D-H1 and 15104722D-H2
- 02/03/15 House: not germane
- 02/03/15 House: Engrossed by House
- 02/04/15 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/15 House: Engrossment reconsidered by House
- 02/05/15 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/15 House: Read second time
- 02/06/15 House: Amendment by Delegate Campbell agreed to
- 02/06/15 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1318E
- 02/06/15 House: Printed as engrossed 15100844D-E
- 02/09/15 House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N)
- 02/09/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (62-Y 34-N)
- 02/10/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/17/15 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N)
- 02/19/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/15 Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N)
- 02/25/15 House: Enrolled
- 02/25/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1318ER)
- 02/25/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/26/15
- 02/26/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/27/15 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/14/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/15/15 House: House sustained Governor's veto (65-Y 34-N)
- 04/15/15 House: Requires 66 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
- 04/15/15 House: VOTE: SUSTAIN GOVERNOR'S VETO (65-Y 34-N)