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HB 6031: Elections

GENERAL BILL by Geller ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Edwards ; Mercado

Elections; Repeals provisions relating to write-in candidate residency requirement.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Ethics and Elections
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/27/2017 House • Filed
    3/6/2017 House • Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee -HJ 246
    3/7/2017 House • Introduced -HJ 246
    3/16/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 03/20/17, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
    3/20/2017 House • Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 406
    • Now in Government Accountability Committee -HJ 406
    3/27/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 03/29/17, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
    3/29/2017 House • Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 -HJ 494
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 494
    3/30/2017 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/04/17
    4/4/2017 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 558
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/5/2017 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 584
    • Passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 -HJ 584
    4/12/2017 Senate • In Messages
    4/13/2017 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 410
    • Received -SJ 410
    5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Ethics and Elections

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  • HB 6031, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/27/2017 at 9:34 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/20/2017 (pdf)
    Government Accountability Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/29/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1494 (c1) Write-in Candidate Qualifying Rader Identical Last Action: 5/5/2017 S Died on Calendar

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/5/2017 7:33 PM House 114 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    99.0615 Write-in candidate residency requirements. Page 1 (pdf)

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