HB 1507: Elections
GENERAL BILL by Brown ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Putnam ; Dockery
Elections; deletes procedures for mailing voter registration ID cards; modifies absentee ballot certificates & instructions to absent electors; prescribes information that absent elector's designee must include with absentee ballot; prohibits use of public facilities for purpose of promoting candidate or issue; provides exceptions; redefines term "contribution; reduces amount of allowable contribution for independent expenditure, etc. Amends FS.
Effective Date: 01/01/2000 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 4/30/1999 Senate - Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 756 (Ch. 99-326)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 4/30/1999 Senate - Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 756 (Ch. 99-326)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/4/1999 | House |
• Filed; Introduced -HJ 00174 |
| 3/15/1999 | House |
• Referred to Election Reform (PRC); Community Affairs (PRC); Crime & Punishment (CRC) -HJ 00310 |
| 3/26/1999 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Election Reform (PRC), 03/30/99, 1:30 pm, 413C |
| 3/30/1999 | House |
• Comm. Action: Unanimously Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Election Reform (PRC) -HJ 00510 |
| 3/31/1999 | House |
• Now in Community Affairs (PRC) -HJ 00510 |
| 4/12/1999 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs (PRC), 04/14/99, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall |
| 4/14/1999 | House |
• Comm. Action: Unanimously Favorable with 4 amendment(s) by Community Affairs (PRC) -HJ 00629 |
| 4/16/1999 | House |
• Now in Crime & Punishment (CRC) -HJ 00629 |
| 4/22/1999 | House |
• Withdrawn from Crime & Punishment (CRC) -HJ 00757 |
| 4/23/1999 | House |
• Placed on calendar, available for General Calendar; Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00925; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00925 |
| 4/26/1999 | House |
• Read third time -HJ 01095; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01095; Passed as amended; YEAS 107 NAYS 0 -HJ 01095 |
| 4/26/1999 | Senate |
• In Messages |
| 4/28/1999 | Senate |
• Received, referred to Ethics and Elections; Fiscal Resource -SJ 01407 |
| 4/30/1999 | Senate |
• Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 756 (Ch. 99-326) |
090805 - Amendment to Amendment (774083)