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1999 SESSION
HB 47 Election law definitions; political parties, petitions.
Introduced by: Vincent F. Callahan, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Election law definitions; political parties; petitions for party recognition. Modifies the definition of “political party.” Present law requires that a political party must have received at least 10 percent of the total vote cast for a statewide office in one of the two most recent statewide elections. The bill substitutes the “preceding four years” for the prior two elections. The bill also provides an alternative means to gain party status through a petition process requiring 25,000 signatures of qualified voters, including at least 500 signatures from each congressional district.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/98 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/29/97 984381144 pdf
- 12/22/98 House: Introduced bill reprinted 984381144 pdf
- 12/22/98 House: Committee substitute printed 997059144-H1 pdf
- 01/25/99 House: Printed as engrossed 997059144-EH1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/98 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/29/97 984381144
- 01/14/98 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/20/98 House: Assigned to P. & E. sub-committee: 2
- 02/11/98 House: Continued to 1999 in P. & E. (23-Y 0-N)
- 11/09/98 House: Reported from P. & E. w/substitute (13-Y 5-N)
- 12/22/98 House: Introduced bill reprinted 984381144
- 12/22/98 House: Committee substitute printed 997059144-H1
- 01/14/99 House: Read first time
- 01/15/99 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/18/99 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/19/99 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/20/99 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/21/99 House: Read second time
- 01/21/99 House: Committee substitute agreed to 997059144-H1
- 01/21/99 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/22/99 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/25/99 House: Amendments by Mr. Marshall agreed to
- 01/25/99 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. w/amds. 997059144-EH1
- 01/25/99 House: Printed as engrossed 997059144-EH1
- 01/26/99 House: Read third time and passed House (71-Y 28-N)
- 01/26/99 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (71-Y 28-N)
- 01/26/99 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/27/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/99 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/16/99 Senate: Passed by for the day in P. & E. (15-Y 0-N)