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CS/HB 689: Voting Methods

GENERAL BILL by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee ; Fitzenhagen ; Ponder ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Davis ; Grall ; Stevenson

Voting Methods; Provides that voting must be conducted using marking device or voter interface device that produces voter-verifiable paper output; revises requirements for Department of State rules regarding manual recounts of certain ballots.

Effective Date: 1/1/2020
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162)
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
    2/7/2019 House • Filed
    2/13/2019 House • Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Public Integrity and Ethics Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 75
    3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 75
    3/11/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee, 03/13/19, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
    3/13/2019 House • CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 426
    • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 399
    3/14/2019 House • Now in Public Integrity and Ethics Committee -HJ 425
    3/26/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Public Integrity and Ethics Committee, 03/28/19, 10:30 am, Sumner Hall
    3/28/2019 House • Favorable by Public Integrity and Ethics Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 546
    3/29/2019 House • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 546
    4/4/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/08/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
    4/8/2019 House • Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 -HJ 631
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 631
    4/18/2019 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
    4/24/2019 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 831
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/25/2019 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 868
    • CS passed; YEAS 109 NAYS 0 -HJ 869
    4/25/2019 Senate • In Messages
    • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 504
    • Received -SJ 504
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162)

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  • CS/HB 689, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/13/2019 at 6:04 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Public Integrity and Ethics Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/29/2019 (pdf)
    State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/8/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 268 (c2) Voting Methods Baxley Identical Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162) Track This Bill
    H 7101 (e1) Elections State Affairs Committee Compare Last Action: 5/1/2019 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162) -HJ 1097 Track This Bill
    S 7066 (er) Election Administration Ethics and Elections Compare Last Action: 7/1/2019 Chapter No. 2019-162 Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/25/2019 11:55 AM House 109 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    97.021 Definitions. Page 1 (pdf)
    101.56075 Voting methods. Page 2 (pdf)
    102.166 Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes. Page 2 (pdf)

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  • HB 689, Original Filed Version Posted 2/7/2019 at 9:06 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/13/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 268 (c2) Voting Methods Baxley Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162) Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    299885 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Fitzenhagen 3/12/2019
    3:56 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/13/2019     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    101.56075 Voting methods. Page 1 (pdf)

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