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2024 SESSION
HB 441 Polling place; assistance for certain voters, clarifies definition of "person with a disability."
Introduced by: Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place; definition of "person with a disability"; training. Amends the definition of "person with a disability" for purposes of the Elections title to mean any person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of his major life activities or who has a record of such impairment. The bill provides that any qualified voter who is a person with a disability shall be eligible for assistance outside of the polling place and makes technical amendments for consistency. The bill requires the training required for all officers of election to include specific training on voting outside of a polling place and directs the Department of Elections to incorporate into guidance documents for election officials the processes and procedures for voting outside of the polling place, including best practices for providing assistance for voters with disabilities. This bill is identical to SB 605.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100437D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106596D-H1 pdf
- 02/28/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB441ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/28/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100437D
- 01/08/24 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/26/24 House: Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
- 01/29/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106596D-H1
- 02/02/24 House: Incorporates HB43 (Thomas)
- 02/02/24 House: Incorporates HB1222 (Higgins)
- 02/02/24 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Read first time
- 02/07/24 House: Read second time
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106596D-H1
- 02/07/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB441H1
- 02/08/24 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/20/24 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/24 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/24 House: Enrolled
- 02/28/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB441ER)
- 02/28/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/28/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 191 (effective 7/1/24)
- 03/28/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191)