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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)
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  • 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)

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  • CS/SB 496, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/20/2005 at 5:24 PM

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    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 4/20/2005 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    H 251 Voter Intimidation Fields Similar Last Action: 5/6/2005 H Died in Committee on Ethics & Elections (SAC), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 1567 (Ch. 2005-277)
    Location:
    H 1567 (e2) Reagan Compare Last Action: 6/20/2005 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2005-277; See also HB 1589 (Ch. 2005-278)
    Location:
    S 2086 (e1) Elections Posey Compare Last Action: 5/4/2005 S Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 01074; Read second time -SJ 00919; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00920, -SJ 00933; Was taken up -SJ 01000; Substituted HB 1567 -SJ 01002; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 1567 (Ch. 2005-277), HB 1589 (Ch. 2005-278)
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    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    104.0615

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  • SB 496, Original Filed Version Posted 12/15/2004 at 8:24 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    301570 - Amendment
    		Ethics and Elections
    (Jones)     		4/18/2005
    4:35 PM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/19/2005 1:30 PM Ethics and Elections 3 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    104.0615

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