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HB 242 Absentee voting; emergency voting.
Introduced by: Mark D. Sickles | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Absentee voting; emergency voting. Provides a process by which a qualified voter is permitted to vote by absentee ballot when an emergency either prevented him from applying for an absentee ballot by the deadline or will prevent him from voting in person on election day. The bill also provides for the Commissioner of Elections to take administrative action to facilitate absentee voting by those persons providing emergency or other services in an area in which a state of emergency has been declared. The bill contains technical amendments that consolidate current Code sections regarding emergency absentee voting.
FULL TEXT
- 12/30/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102154D pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB242ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1157) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/30/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102154D
- 12/30/19 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/13/20 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 02/04/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/18/20 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 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: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/27/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB242ER)
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- 03/06/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1157 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1157)