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HB 251: Voter Intimidation

GENERAL BILL by Fields ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bucher ; Porth ; Taylor, P

Voter Intimidation; cites act as "Voter Protection Act"; prohibits person from using or threatening to use force, violence, or intimidation to induce or compel individual to vote or refrain from voting, to refrain from registering to vote, or to refrain from acting as election official or poll watcher; prohibits person from knowingly destroying, mutilating, or defacing voter registration form or election ballot, etc. Creates 104.0615.

Effective Date: 07/01/2005
Last Action: 5/6/2005 House - Died in Committee on Ethics & Elections (SAC), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 1567 (Ch. 2005-277)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/10/2005 House • Filed
1/25/2005 House • Referred to Ethics & Elections (SAC); Criminal Justice (JC); Justice Appropriations (FC); State Administration Council
3/8/2005 House • Introduced, referred to Ethics & Elections (SAC); Criminal Justice (JC); Justice Appropriations (FC); State Administration Council -HJ 00030
5/6/2005 House • Died in Committee on Ethics & Elections (SAC), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 1567 (Ch. 2005-277)