The Florida Senate

SB 2192: Elections

GENERAL BILL by Silver

Elections; provides definition; provides procedures for requesting absentee ballots; modifies form for secrecy envelope for absentee ballots; modifies instructions to absentee electors; increases criminal penalty for certain acts re registration of voters; increases criminal penalty for unauthorized use or destruction of voter registration identification card & penalty for false declaration to secure assistance in preparing ballot, etc. Amends FS.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/3/1998	Senate	• Filed
  3/18/1998	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Executive Business, Ethics and Elections; Ways and Means -SJ 00201
  4/1/1998	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Executive Business, Ethics and Elections, 04/06/98, 10:15 am, Room-309C --Not considered
  4/15/1998	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Executive Business, Ethics and Elections, 04/20/98, 3:00 pm, Room-309C --Temporarily postponed
  5/1/1998	Senate	• Died in Committee on Executive Business, Ethics and Elections, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/SB 1402 (Ch. 98-129)

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• SB 2192, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/12/1998 at 1:18 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 3941	Elections	Meek	Similar	Last Action: 3/17/1998 H CS combines this bill with 3743; Comm. Action: CS by Election Reform (GRC); Original bill laid on Table, refer to combined CS/HB 3743 (Died on House Calendar); Refer to CS/SB 1402 (Ch. 98-129) Location:
  H 3683 (c1)	Truth in Voting Act of 1998	Diaz de la Portilla	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/1998 H Died in Committee on Crime & Punishment (JC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/SB 1402 (Ch. 98-129) Location:
  H 3743 (e1)	Elections	Meek	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/1998 H Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/SB 1402 (Ch. 98-129) Location:
  S 1402 (e2)		Latvala	Compare	Last Action: 5/22/1998 Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 98-129 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (15)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  97.021	Definitions.
  101.62	Request for absentee ballots.
  101.64	Delivery of absentee ballots; envelopes; form.
  101.65	Instructions to absent electors.
  104.012	Consideration for registration; interference with registration; soliciting registrations for compensation; alteration of registration application.
  104.013	Unauthorized use, possession, or destruction of voter registration identification card.
  104.031	False declaration to secure assistance in preparing ballot.
  104.042
  104.043
  104.045	Vote selling.
  104.051	Violations; neglect of duty; corrupt practices.
  104.0515	Voting rights; deprivation of, or interference with, prohibited; penalty.
  104.061	Corruptly influencing voting.
  104.081	Threats of employers to control votes of employees.
  104.185	Petitions; knowingly signing more than once; signing another person's name or a fictitious name.

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