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2024 SESSION
SB 605 Polling place; assistance for certain voters, clarifies definition of "person with a disability."
Introduced by: Suhas Subramanyam | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (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 HB 441.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104168D pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107791D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB605ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0515) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104168D
- 01/10/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/23/24 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 0-N 3-A)
- 01/25/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/24 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/29/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 01/29/24 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 01/29/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/24 House: Read first time
- 02/13/24 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/16/24 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107791D-H1
- 02/20/24 House: Read second time
- 02/21/24 House: Read third time
- 02/21/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107791D-H1
- 02/21/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB605H1
- 02/21/24 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/24 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/24 Senate: Title replaced 24107791D-H1
- 02/28/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/28/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB605ER)
- 02/28/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/04/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 515 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0515)