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SB 719 Polling place procedures; voter identification requirements, application for absentee ballot, etc.
Introduced by: Richard H. Black (by request) | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Elections; polling place procedures; voter identification requirements. Removes several items from the list of acceptable identification documents that a voter must present when voting at the polls on election day: a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, or paycheck that shows the name and address of the voter and a voter's social security card. The bill also requires that all forms of acceptable identification contain a photograph of the voter or the voter's name and address, which conforms to the identification requirements under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and harmonizes the identification requirements for state and federal elections. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014, and its provisions are contingent upon funding being included in a general appropriation act passed by the 2014 Session of the General Assembly.
FULL TEXT
- 12/03/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101225D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13104731D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/13 Senate: Printed as engrossed 13104731D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/03/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101225D
- 12/03/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/15/13 Senate: Assigned to P&E sub: Campaigns and Elections
- 01/29/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13104731D-S1
- 01/29/13 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
- 01/31/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/13 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/13 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/04/13 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/13 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/13 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 13104731D-S1
- 02/04/13 Senate: Amendment #1 by Senator McEachin withdrawn
- 02/04/13 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/04/13 Senate: Amendment #2 by Senator McEachin agreed to (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/04/13 Senate: Chair votes yes
- 02/04/13 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB719ES1
- 02/04/13 Senate: Printed as engrossed 13104731D-ES1
- 02/04/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/13 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/13 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/05/13 Senate: Chair votes Yes
- 02/11/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/13 House: Read first time
- 02/11/13 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/11/13 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government
- 02/18/13 House: Left in Appropriations