SB 1244: Petition Process
GENERAL BILL by Alexander ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Baker
Petition Process; revises requirements for verification of signatures on petitions; revises procedures for placing initiative on ballot; provides regulation for initiative petition circulators & their activities; provides criminal penalties for specified offenses involving voter registration applications;; proscribes specified actions involving petitions & providing or increasing criminal penalties therefor, etc. Amends FS.
Effective Date: 08/01/2006 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 5/5/2006 Senate - Died in Committee on Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/5/2006 Senate - Died in Committee on Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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12/29/2005 | Senate |
• Filed |
1/31/2006 | Senate |
• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Criminal Justice; Judiciary |
2/7/2006 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/14/06, 9:30 am, 412-K |
2/14/2006 | Senate |
• Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 4 NAYS 1; Now in Criminal Justice |
3/3/2006 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/08/06, 2:00 pm, 37-S |
3/7/2006 | Senate |
• Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Criminal Justice; Judiciary -SJ 00114; On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/14/06, 9:30 am, 412-K; Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 4 NAYS 1 -SJ 00191; Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 00191; On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/08/06, 2:00 pm, 37-S --Pending reconsideration (Unfavorable; Yeas 3 Nays 5) |
3/10/2006 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/15/06, 1:00 pm, 37-S --Temporarily postponed |
5/5/2006 | Senate |
• Died in Committee on Criminal Justice |