CS/SB 496: Voter Intimidation
GENERAL BILL by Ethics and Elections ; Hill
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 Senate - Died in Committee on Judiciary, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 1567 (Ch. 2005-277)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/6/2005 Senate - Died in Committee on Judiciary, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 1567 (Ch. 2005-277)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 12/15/2004 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 1/12/2005 | Senate |
• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Criminal Justice |
| 3/8/2005 | Senate |
• Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Criminal Justice -SJ 00035 |
| 4/14/2005 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/19/05, 1:30 pm, 412-K |
| 4/19/2005 | Senate |
• CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 3 NAYS 0 -SJ 00525; CS read first time on 04/20/05 -SJ 00526 |
| 4/20/2005 | Senate |
• Now in Judiciary -SJ 00525 |
| 5/6/2005 | Senate |
• Died in Committee on Judiciary, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 1567 (Ch. 2005-277) |