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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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SB 1097 Absentee voting; witness signature not required.

Introduced by: Barbara A. Favola | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Absentee voting; witness signature not required during declared state of emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat. Provides that a voter's failure to have a witness sign the absentee ballot envelope for any election held during a declared state of emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat shall not be considered a material omission and shall not render the ballot void. The bill directs the Department of Elections to convene a work group to consider and evaluate alternatives to the witness signature requirement for election officials to use to verify that an absentee ballot was cast by the voter identified as having requested and received such ballot.

FULL TEXT

• 11/09/20  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100137D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/17/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21200289D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1097ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/18/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0235)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 11/09/20  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100137D
• 11/09/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 01/19/21  Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
• 01/21/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/21  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/25/21  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
• 02/02/21  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/02/21  House: Read first time
• 02/02/21  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/08/21  House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
• 02/10/21  House: Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
• 02/16/21  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 02/17/21  House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
• 02/17/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21200289D-H1
• 02/19/21  House: Read second time
• 02/22/21  House: Read third time
• 02/22/21  House: Committee substitute agreed to 21200289D-H1
• 02/22/21  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1097H1
• 02/22/21  House: Passed House with substitute (55-Y 45-N)
• 02/22/21  House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
• 02/23/21  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
• 02/23/21  Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/21  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
• 02/23/21  Senate: Title replaced 21200289D-H1
• 02/25/21  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/25/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1097ER)
• 02/25/21  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/26/21  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/01/21  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 03/01/21  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 03/18/21  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 235 (effective 7/1/21)
• 03/18/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0235)