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CS/SB 962: Voting Systems [LPCC]

GENERAL BILL by Ethics and Elections ; Constantine ; Justice

Voting Systems [LPCC]; authorizes use of ballot-on-demand technology to produce certain marksense ballots; requires all voting to be by marksense ballot; provides exemption for voters with disabilities; requires use of certain marksense ballots for pre-election testing; requiring post-election, random audits of voting systems; authorizes Dept. of State to purchase optical scan voting equipment & ballot-on-demand equipment for certain counties, etc. Amends Ch. 101. APPROPRIATION: $27,861,850.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law except as otherwise provided
 Last Action: 5/4/2007 Senate - Died in Committee on Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 537 (Ch. 2007-30)
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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/26/2007 Senate • Filed
    2/8/2007 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules
    3/6/2007 Senate • Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules -SJ 00058
    4/5/2007 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/10/07, 9:30 am, 412-K --Workshop-Discussed
    4/12/2007 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/17/07, 2:00 pm, 412-K
    4/17/2007 Senate • CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00491; CS read 1st time on 04/19/07 -SJ 00492
    4/19/2007 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2); Remaining references corrected to Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 00516; Now in Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations
    5/4/2007 Senate • Died in Committee on Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 537 (Ch. 2007-30)

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  • CS/SB 962, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/19/2007 at 2:56 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 4/18/2007 (pdf)

    Related Bills (5)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    H 213 (c2) Trust in Elections Act Hukill Compare Last Action: 5/4/2007 H Died on Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 537 (Ch. 2007-30)
    Location:
    H 537 (e2) Hukill Compare Last Action: 5/21/2007 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2007-30
    Location:
    S 960 (e1) Elections [LPCC] Ring Compare Last Action: 4/27/2007 S Substituted CS/HB 537 -SJ 00645; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 537 (Ch. 2007-30) -SJ 00645
    Location:
    S 1174 (c1) Electronic Voting Systems [LPCC] Dockery Compare Last Action: 5/4/2007 S Died in Committee on Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 537 (Ch. 2007-30)
    Location:
    S 2164 Voting Systems [LPCC] Villalobos Compare Last Action: 5/4/2007 S Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 537 (Ch. 2007-30)
    Location:

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    101.151 Specifications for ballots.
    101.5612 Testing of tabulating equipment.
    101.591 Voting system audit.

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  • SB 962, Original Filed Version Posted 1/26/2007 at 10:29 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/17/2007 2:00 PM Ethics and Elections 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

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