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SB 1564 Elections, State Board of; revision of regulations for reviewing and processing candidate petitions.

Introduced by: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

State Board of Elections; regulations for reviewing and processing candidate petitions. Directs the State Board of Elections to revise its processes and associated regulations for reviewing and processing candidate petitions. The revised regulations are required to provide a process for checking petition signatures that includes a method for determining if a petition signature belongs to an individual whose prior registration was canceled, for tracking information associated with candidate petitions, and for escalating cases of suspected fraud to an appropriate entity. The bill requires the State Board to promulgate these regulations on or before January 1, 2020.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/19  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103149D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/19  Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106098D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/22/19  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1564ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/21/19  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/19  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103149D
• 01/09/19  Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 01/29/19  Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/19  Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106098D-S1
• 01/31/19  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/19  Senate: Read second time
• 02/01/19  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/01/19  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19106098D-S1
• 02/01/19  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1564S1
• 02/04/19  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/19  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/06/19  House: Read first time
• 02/06/19  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/06/19  House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
• 02/14/19  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/19  House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (16-Y 6-N)
• 02/18/19  House: Read second time
• 02/19/19  House: Read third time
• 02/19/19  House: Passed House (78-Y 20-N)
• 02/19/19  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (78-Y 20-N)
• 02/22/19  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/22/19  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1564ER)
• 02/22/19  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/22/19  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/04/19  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
• 03/04/19  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 03/21/19  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 682 (effective 7/1/19)
• 03/21/19  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)