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CS/HB 7013: Elections

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee ; Ethics and Elections Subcommittee ; Boyd ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell

Elections; Revises qualifications for late voter registration; provides limitation on number of words for certain ballot summaries in joint resolutions proposed by Legislature; requires person to provide name, mailing address, & telephone number of registered agent of voting systems vendor to DOS under certain circumstances; authorizes DOS to suspend all sales or leases or use in election of defective voting system; revises list of permissible sites available for early voting; requires supervisor to provide elector with specific reason his or her ballot was rejected; revises methods of selecting canvassing board members; provides for date of Presidential Preference Primary.

Effective Date: 1/1/2014
Last Action: 5/21/2013 - Chapter No. 2013-57
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/13/2013 House • Filed
• Referred to Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 139
2/14/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/21/13, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
2/21/2013 House • CS by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 25 NAYS 0 -HJ 157
2/26/2013 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2/28/2013 House • Original reference(s) removed: State Affairs Committee
• Referred to- Calendar -HJ 152
3/5/2013 House • Introduced -HJ 138
• CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time -HJ 193
• Read 2nd time -HJ 194
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Read 3rd time -HJ 194
• CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 1 -HJ 194
• Immediately certified -HJ 194
3/5/2013 Senate • In Messages
3/8/2013 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 207
3/12/2013 Senate • Received -SJ 207
4/16/2013 Senate • Withdrawn from Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 446
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 446
• Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 600 -SJ 447
• Read 2nd time -SJ 446
• Amendment(s) adopted (301346) -SJ 447
• Amendment(s) failed (757918) -SJ 461
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/24/2013 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 576
• Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended -SJ 576
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 13 -SJ 578
4/26/2013 House • In returning messages
5/3/2013 House • Was taken up -HJ 1172
• Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) adopted (240123) -HJ 1187
• Concurred in Senate amendment(s) as amended (362928) -HJ 1187
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 1 -HJ 1187
5/3/2013 Senate • In returning messages
• Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (240123) -SJ 1143, 1151
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 13 -SJ 1151
5/3/2013 House • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1470
5/9/2013 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/21/2013 • Approved by Governor
• Chapter No. 2013-57