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SB 872 Absentee voting; applications and ballots; photo identification required.
Introduced by: Amanda F. Chase | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Absentee voting; photo identification required with application. Requires any voter submitting an application for an absentee ballot by mail or by electronic or telephonic transmission to a facsimile device to submit with his application a copy of one of the forms of identification acceptable under current law. The bill exempts military and overseas voters and persons with a disability from this requirement. This bill is identical to HB 1428.
FULL TEXT
- 12/12/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102046D pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104631D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB872ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/12/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102046D
- 12/12/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/24/17 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
- 01/24/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104631D-S1
- 01/26/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/17 Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/27/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104631D-S1
- 01/27/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB872S1
- 01/30/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
- 02/02/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/17 House: Read first time
- 02/02/17 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/02/17 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 02/07/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/10/17 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (13-Y 7-N)
- 02/13/17 House: Read second time
- 02/14/17 House: Read third time
- 02/14/17 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/14/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/14/17 House: Passed House with amendment (60-Y 38-N)
- 02/14/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (60-Y 38-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/20/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB872ER)
- 02/20/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- 02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/05/17 Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto (20-Y 19-N)
- 04/05/17 Senate: Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto