HB 3777: Protests & Contests of Elections
GENERAL BILL by Carlton
Protests & Contests of Elections; revises provisions re timeframes for filing election protests & requests for manual recounts & for filing contest of elections; eliminates protests of election returns in circuit court; specifies grounds authorized for contesting election; provides for service of complaint upon defendant & any other person named therein & provides timeframe for filing answer or response thereto, etc. Amends 102.166,.167,.168; creates 102.171.
Effective Date: Contingent
Last Action: 5/1/1998 Senate - Died in Committee on Executive Business, Ethics and Elections
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/1/1998 Senate - Died in Committee on Executive Business, Ethics and Elections
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/25/1998 | House |
• Prefiled |
| 3/3/1998 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 00056 |
| 3/10/1998 | House |
• Referred to Election Reform (GRC) -HJ 00160 |
| 3/13/1998 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Election Reform (GRC), 03/19/98, 1:30 pm, 212-HOB |
| 3/19/1998 | House |
• Comm. Action:-Unanimously Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Election Reform (GRC) -HJ 00311 |
| 3/23/1998 | House |
• Pending Consent Calendar -HJ 00311 |
| 3/27/1998 | House |
• Available for Consent Calendar |
| 3/31/1998 | House |
• Placed on Consent Calendar |
| 4/16/1998 | House |
• Read second time -HJ 00638; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00638; Read third time -HJ 00638; Passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 00638; Immediately certified -HJ 00677 |
| 4/16/1998 | Senate |
• In Messages |
| 4/21/1998 | Senate |
• Received, referred to Executive Business, Ethics and Elections; Judiciary -SJ 00754 |
| 5/1/1998 | Senate |
• Died in Committee on Executive Business, Ethics and Elections |