S1244 GENERAL BILL by Alexander; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Baker (Compare H 0773, CS/S 0720) Petition Process; revises requirements for verification of signatures on petitions; revises procedures for placing initiative on ballot; provides regulation for initiative petition circulators & their activities; provides criminal penalties for specified offenses involving voter registration applications;; proscribes specified actions involving petitions & providing or increasing criminal penalties therefor, etc. Amends FS. EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/01/2006 except as otherwise provided. 12/29/05 SENATE Filed 01/31/06 SENATE Referred to Ethics and Elections; Criminal Justice; Judiciary 02/07/06 SENATE On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/14/06, 9:30 am, 412-K 02/14/06 SENATE Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 4 NAYS 1; Now in Criminal Justice 03/03/06 SENATE On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/08/06, 2:00 pm, 37-S 03/07/06 SENATE Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Criminal Justice; Judiciary -SJ 00114; On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/14/06, 9:30 am, 412-K; Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 4 NAYS 1 -SJ 00191; Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 00191; On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/08/06, 2:00 pm, 37-S --Pending reconsideration (Unfavorable; Yeas 3 Nays 5) 03/10/06 SENATE On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/15/06, 1:00 pm, 37-S --Temporarily postponed 05/05/06 SENATE Died in Committee on Criminal Justice
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