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2022 SESSION
SB 273 Absentee voting; verification by social security number or unique identifier.
Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Elections; absentee voting; verification by social security number or unique identifier in lieu of witness signature. Requires the State Board of Elections to promulgate regulations for providing a unique identifier to any qualified voter who lacks a social security number and provides that such unique identifier can be accepted in place of a social security number for the purposes of voting absentee. The bill makes optional the current absentee ballot witness signature requirement by giving the voter the option to provide the last four digits of the voter's social security number and the voter's date of birth in lieu of a witness signature. The bill clarifies that verification of the required voter affirmation on absentee ballots by the general registrar includes matching any date of birth and last four digits of the social security number or assigned unique identifier provided as part of the voter affirmation against the information in the voter's registration record.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100443D pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105199D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22107233D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100443D
- 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/25/22 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/25/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105199D-S1
- 01/27/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/22 Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/28/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22105199D-S1
- 01/28/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB273S1
- 01/31/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/22 House: Read first time
- 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/28/22 House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
- 03/01/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)
- 03/04/22 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
- 03/04/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22107233D-H1
- 03/08/22 House: Read second time
- 03/09/22 House: Read third time
- 03/09/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22107233D-H1
- 03/09/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB273H1
- 03/09/22 House: Passed House with substitute (53-Y 46-N)
- 03/09/22 House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
- 03/10/22 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (17-Y 23-N)
- 03/10/22 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/10/22 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/10/22 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/22 Senate: Senators: Ebbin, Boysko, Vogel
- 03/10/22 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/10/22 House: Delegates: Bloxom, Ransone, Glass
- 03/12/22 Senate: Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455