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SB 562: Harassment of Election Workers

GENERAL BILL by Rouson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Davis

Harassment of Election Workers; Prohibiting a person from intimidating, threatening, coercing, harassing, or attempting to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or harass an election worker with specified intent; providing criminal penalties, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2024
 Last Action: 3/8/2024 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/21/2023 Senate • Filed
    12/5/2023 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Criminal Justice; Rules
    1/9/2024 Senate • Introduced
    1/31/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/05/24, 2:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    2/1/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/06/24, 11:30 am, 37 Senate Building --Not Received
    2/5/2024 Senate • Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Ethics and Elections (933688); YEAS 8 NAYS 0
    • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)
    • Original reference(s) removed: Criminal Justice
    • Remaining references corrected to Rules
    • Now in Rules
    2/16/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/21/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
    3/8/2024 Senate • Died in Rules

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  • SB 562, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/21/2023 at 12:33 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 2/2/2024 (pdf)
    Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 2/5/2024 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/20/2024 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 721 (c1) Harassment of Election Workers Criminal Justice Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died in Judiciary Committee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    933688 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Rouson)     		1/31/2024
    3:01 PM     		Favorable
    2/5/2024     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 127354 - Substitute Amendment (Delete All) (933688)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Rules
    (Rouson)     		2/20/2024
    8:18 AM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/5/2024 2:30 PM Ethics and Elections 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    104.47 Page 1 (pdf)

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