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CS/SB 598: Canvassing of Provisional Ballots

GENERAL BILL by Ethics and Elections ; Gibson

Canvassing of Provisional Ballots; Revising a reference to the deadline for a person who cast a provisional ballot to present evidence verifying authenticity of certain information in a voter registration application, to conform; requiring the supervisor to allow a person who voted a provisional ballot to present identification and submit an affidavit to cure an unsigned Provisional Ballot Voter’s Certificate and Affirmation or a provisional ballot rejected due to a signature discrepancy, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/30/2017 Senate • Filed
    2/9/2017 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 78
    3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 78
    3/30/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/04/17, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/4/2017 Senate • CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 300
    4/5/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 301
    4/6/2017 Senate • Now in Judiciary -SJ 300
    5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Judiciary

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  • CS/SB 598, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/5/2017 at 3:01 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 733 Elections Stafford Similar Last Action: 5/5/2017 H Died in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 105 (Ch. 2017-45)

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    97.053 Acceptance of voter registration applications. Page 2 (pdf)
    101.048 Provisional ballots. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 598, Original Filed Version Posted 1/30/2017 at 2:26 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 4/3/2017 (pdf)
    Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 4/5/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (4)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 733 Elections Stafford Similar Last Action: 5/5/2017 H Died in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 105 (Ch. 2017-45)
    H 105 (c1) Vote-by-Mail Ballots Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 6/2/2017 Chapter No. 2017-45
    S 544 Vote-by-mail Ballots Braynon Compare Last Action: 5/5/2017 S Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 105 (Ch. 2017-45)
    S 954 Canvassing of Vote-by-mail Ballots Passidomo Compare Last Action: 4/4/2017 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 105 (Ch. 2017-45) -SJ 286

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    231560 - Amendment
    Delete lines 216 - 268.
    Ethics and Elections
    (Gibson)
    3/31/2017
    10:50 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/4/2017
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    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/4/2017 9:30 AM Ethics and Elections 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    97.053 Acceptance of voter registration applications. Page 2 (pdf)
    101.048 Provisional ballots. Page 3 (pdf)
    101.68 Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot. Page 8 (pdf)

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