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
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 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
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SB 1244, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/29/2005 at 10:39 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 2/27/2006 (pdf)
Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 2/14/2006 (pdf)
Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location H 773 Goodlette Compare Last Action: 5/5/2006 H Died on Calendar
Location:S 720 (c1) Initiative Procedures & Standards Posey Compare Last Action: 4/19/2006 S Unfavorable by Judiciary, laid on Table; YEAS 4 NAYS 4 -SJ 00579
Location:Committee Votes (2)
Date Committee Result 2/14/2006 9:30 AM Ethics and Elections 4 Yeas - 1 Nays 3/15/2006 1:00 PM Criminal Justice View Vote Record Citations - Statutes (7)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 99.097 Verification of signatures on petitions. 100.371 Initiatives; procedure for placement on ballot. 100.372 101.161 Referenda; ballots. 104.012 Consideration for registration; interference with registration; soliciting registrations for compensation; alteration of registration application. 104.185 Petitions; knowingly signing more than once; signing another person's name or a fictitious name. 104.42 Fraudulent registration and illegal voting; investigation.