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SB 2726: Presidential Preference Primary Elections [LPCC]

GENERAL BILL by Dockery ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Jones ; King ; Villalobos ; Garcia ; Justice ; Bullard ; Bennett ; Aronberg ; Dean

Presidential Preference Primary Elections [LPCC]; Provides that a voter who has no party affiliation may vote in either the Republican or Democratic primary. Authorizes each contest of a contested Republican or Democratic primary to be treated as a universal primary contest pursuant to the State Constitution for purposes of tabulating and reporting results, etc.

Effective Date: 01/01/2009
 Last Action: 4/16/2008 Senate - Unfavorable by Judiciary, laid on Table; YEAS 3 NAYS 5 -SJ 00686
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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/3/2008 Senate • Filed
    3/20/2008 Senate • Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 00305
    3/27/2008 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/01/08, 1:00 pm, 412-K --Temporarily postponed
    4/3/2008 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/08/08, 11:30 am, 412-K
    4/8/2008 Senate • Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 -SJ 00478; Now in Judiciary -SJ 00478
    4/11/2008 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/16/08, 3:30 pm, 110-S
    4/16/2008 Senate • Unfavorable by Judiciary, laid on Table; YEAS 3 NAYS 5 -SJ 00686

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  • SB 2726, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/3/2008 at 7:26 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 3/26/2008 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 4/15/2008 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    H 1189 Presidential Preference Primary Elections Kriseman Identical Last Action: 5/2/2008 H Died in Committee on Ethics & Elections (EEI)
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    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    4/8/2008 11:30 AM Ethics and Elections 5 Yeas - 1 Nays
    4/16/2008 3:00 PM Judiciary 3 Yeas - 5 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    103.101 Presidential preference primary.

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