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2020 SESSION

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HB 539 Elections, State Board of; activities related to supervision of local electoral boards & registrars.

Introduced by: Betsy B. Carr | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

State Board of Elections; activities related to the supervision of local electoral boards and general registrars. Requires that the State Board of Elections' supervision of the work of the local electoral boards and general registrars ensures that major risks to election integrity are identified and assessed and addressed as necessary to promote election uniformity, legality, and purity. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102244D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/20  House: Printed as engrossed 20102244D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/26/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB539ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/11/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted

HISTORY

• 01/05/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102244D
• 01/05/20  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 01/13/20  House: Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
• 01/27/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/20  House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/20  House: Read first time
• 02/05/20  House: Read second time
• 02/05/20  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/05/20  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB539E
• 02/05/20  House: Printed as engrossed 20102244D-E
• 02/06/20  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/20  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/07/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/18/20  Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/20  Senate: Read third time
• 02/21/20  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/20  House: Enrolled
• 02/26/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB539ER)
• 02/27/20  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/27/20  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/05/20  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
• 03/05/20  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
• 03/11/20  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 291 (effective 7/1/20)
• 03/11/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291)