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HB 207 Absentee voting; no excuse required, permanent absentee voter list.
Introduced by: Schuyler T. VanValkenburg | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Absentee voting; no excuse; permanent absentee voter list. 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. The bill also provides for a special application by which any registered voter may apply to receive absentee ballots for all elections in which he is eligible to vote. A voter on the permanent absentee voter list remains on the list until the voter requests in writing to be removed from the list, the voter's registration is canceled or placed on inactive status pursuant to law, or the voter moves to a different address not in the same county or city of his registration. The provisions of the bill providing for a permanent absentee voter list do not become effective until July 1, 2021.
FULL TEXT
- 12/27/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102060D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20102060D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB207ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB207ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1201) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 12/27/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102060D
- 12/27/19 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 amendments (4-Y 2-N)
- 01/24/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/28/20 House: Read first time
- 01/29/20 House: Read second time
- 01/29/20 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/29/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB207E
- 01/29/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20102060D-E
- 01/30/20 House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
- 01/30/20 House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-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 amendments (8-Y 6-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 amendments waived
- 02/24/20 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/24/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/24/20 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (22-Y 18-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/26/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/26/20 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (55-Y 41-N)
- 02/26/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 41-N)
- 03/02/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB207ER)
- 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 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/22/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 43-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (52-Y 43-N)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB207ER2)
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1201 (effective - see bill)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1201)