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HB 872 Voter registration by mail; certain first-time voters permitted to vote by absentee ballot.
Introduced by: Jeffrey M. Bourne | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Voter registration by mail; certain first-time voters permitted to vote by absentee ballot. Adds to the list of exceptions to the requirement that first-time voters who registered to vote by mail must vote in person those voters who are entitled under current law to vote by absentee ballot because they are confined while awaiting trial or for having been convicted of a misdemeanor. This bill incorporates HB 185.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101730D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107265D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB872ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101730D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/13/20 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 01/28/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107265D-H1
- 01/31/20 House: Incorporates HB185 (Simon)
- 01/31/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/04/20 House: Read first time
- 02/05/20 House: Read second time
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107265D-H1
- 02/05/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB872H1
- 02/06/20 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
- 02/06/20 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/25/20 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/20 Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB872ER)
- 03/06/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/20 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
- 04/06/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 718 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718)