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CS/CS/SB 268: Voting Methods

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Ethics and Elections ; Baxley

Voting Methods; Authorizing voting to be conducted using a voter interface device that produces a voter-verifiable paper output; revising requirements for Department of State rules regarding manual recounts of certain ballots, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2020
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/9/2019 Senate • Filed
1/22/2019 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 52
1/28/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/05/19, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/5/2019 Senate • CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 159
2/6/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Community Affairs
2/28/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/05/19, 2:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 52
• CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 187
• CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 153
3/7/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Rules
• CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 189
5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162)