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HB 1 Absentee voting; no excuse required, voting by absentee ballot.
Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Absentee voting; no excuse required. Permits any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he is qualified to vote. The bill removes the current list of statutory reasons under which a person may be entitled to vote by absentee ballot and removes references to those reasons from other sections of the Code. This bill incorporates HB 25, HB 208, and HB 209.
FULL TEXT
- 11/18/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101095D pdf | impact statements
- 01/24/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106251D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1149) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 11/18/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101095D
- 11/18/19 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/13/20 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 01/21/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
- 01/24/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
- 01/24/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106251D-H1
- 01/24/20 House: Incorporates HB25 (Lindsey)
- 01/24/20 House: Incorporates HB208 (Murphy)
- 01/24/20 House: Incorporates HB209 (Murphy)
- 01/28/20 House: Read first time
- 01/29/20 House: Read second time
- 01/29/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106251D-H1
- 01/29/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1H1
- 01/30/20 House: Read third time and passed House ((65-Y 35-N)
- 01/30/20 House: VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N)
- 01/31/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/18/20 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (10-Y 4-N)
- 02/20/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/20 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/24/20 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/24/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/24/20 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 15-N)
- 02/26/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/26/20 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (62-Y 34-N)
- 02/26/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 34-N)
- 03/02/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1ER)
- 03/02/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1149 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1149)