SB 582: Voting Systems
GENERAL BILL by Diaz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gainer ; Braynon
Voting Systems; Defining the term “automatic tabulating equipment” for purposes of the Florida Election Code; revising procedures governing the canvassing of returns to specify usage of a voting system’s automatic tabulating equipment; clarifying the circumstances under which ballots must be processed through automatic tabulating equipment in a recount; specifying the manner by which a manual recount may be conducted, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- Appropriations (AP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/29/2019 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 2/8/2019 | Senate |
• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations -SJ 74 |
| 3/5/2019 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 74 |
| 3/21/2019 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/26/19, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building |
| 3/26/2019 | Senate |
• Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 280 • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability |
