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2011 SESSION
HB 1507 Primary schedule in 2011; moves primary date to August 23, 2011, in anticipation of redistricting.
Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Primary schedule in 2011. Moves the June 14, 2011, primary date to August 23, 2011, in anticipation of the 2011 redistricting process and adjusts various deadlines for filings and election preparations to accommodate the new primary date. The bill also authorizes the State Board of Elections to adjust dates and deadlines (other than the primary and election dates) if necessary to complete the Voting Rights Act Section 5 preclearance process. The bill declares that an emergency exists and that the bill is effective upon passage. The act will expire January 1, 2012.
FULL TEXT
- 12/17/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/12/11 11101159D pdf
- 01/14/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11104153D-H1 pdf
- 01/31/11 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1507ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/11 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1507ER2) pdf
- 02/17/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/17/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/12/11 11101159D
- 12/17/10 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/14/11 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/14/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11104153D-H1
- 01/17/11 House: Read first time
- 01/18/11 House: Read second time
- 01/18/11 House: Committee substitute agreed to 11104153D-H1
- 01/18/11 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1507H1
- 01/19/11 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/11 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/20/11 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/25/11 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/11 Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/11 Senate: Read third time
- 01/28/11 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/11 House: Enrolled
- 01/31/11 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1507ER)
- 01/31/11 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/01/11 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/10/11 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 02/10/11 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/11 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/11 House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/11 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/11 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/17/11 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/11 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 02/17/11 House: Reenrolled
- 02/17/11 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1507ER2)
- 02/17/11 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 02/17/11 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 02/17/11 House: Enacted, Chapter 3 (effective 2/17/11)
- 02/17/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)