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SB 69 Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee without providing reason.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the present statutory list of specific reasons entitling a voter to cast an absentee ballot for those persons who vote absentee by mail. This bill is identical to SB 8 and HB 309. This bill incorporates SB 8 and SB 646.
FULL TEXT
- 12/21/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087711248 pdf
- 01/30/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 087678248-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 12/21/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087711248
- 12/21/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/29/08 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (10-Y 3-N)
- 01/30/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 087678248-S1
- 01/31/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/08 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/08 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/08 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 087678248-S1
- 02/01/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB69S1
- 02/04/08 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N)
- 02/04/08 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/08 Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
- 02/04/08 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/12/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/08 House: Read first time
- 02/12/08 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/12/08 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 03/10/08 House: Left in Privileges and Elections