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SB 1061 Electronic pollbooks; photographs and identifying information for each voter.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Elections; electronic pollbooks; photographs. Requires electronic pollbooks to contain a photograph and identifying information received by the State Board of Elections from the Department of Motor Vehicles for each registered voter for whom the Department of Motor Vehicles has such a photograph and identifying information. Lists of voters furnished pursuant to current law are prohibited from containing any voter's photograph or identifying physical information. The bill also provides that if the electronic pollbook contains the voter's photograph and identifying information, the officer of election is required to access that photograph and identifying information and the voter is not required to present one of the statutorily required forms of identification. Additionally, the bill requires the officer of election to challenge the voter's vote if the voter does not appear to be the same person depicted in the photograph or in the pollbook. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2016.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100744D pdf
- 01/27/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104321D-S1 pdf
- 02/02/15 Senate: Floor substitute printed 15104676D-S2 (Obenshain) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100744D
- 01/13/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/22/15 Senate: Assigned to P&E sub: Campaigns
- 01/27/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104321D-S1
- 01/27/15 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
- 01/29/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/15 Senate: Floor substitute printed 15104676D-S2 (Obenshain)
- 02/02/15 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/15 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 15104321D-S1
- 02/02/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/15 Senate: Substitute by Senator Obenshain agreed to 15104676D-S2
- 02/02/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1061S2
- 02/03/15 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/03/15 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/15 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/15 House: Read first time
- 02/06/15 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/06/15 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 02/12/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/15 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/13/15 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (14-Y 6-N)
- 02/13/15 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/13/15 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
- 02/18/15 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/24/15 House: Left in Appropriations