Florida Senate - 2011 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1355, 1st Eng. Barcode 341186 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: 1o/F/2R . 05/04/2011 02:18 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Siplin moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (404618) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete lines 1886 - 1940 5 and insert: 6 Section 38. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 7 101.657, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 8 101.657 Early voting.— 9 (1) 10 (d) Early voting shall begin on the 15th day before an 11 election that contains state or federal races and end on the 2nd 12 day before theanelection. For purposes of a special election 13 held pursuant to s. 100.101, early voting shall begin on the 8th 14 day before an election and end on the 2nd day before an 15 election. Early voting shall be provided for 8 hours per weekday 16 and 8 hours in the aggregate each weekend at each site during 17 the applicable periods. The supervisor of elections may provide 18 early voting for elections that are not held in conjunction with 19 a state or federal election. However, the supervisor has the 20 discretion to determine the hours of operation of early voting 21 sites in those elections. Early voting sites shall open no 22 sooner than 7 a.m. and close no later than 7 p.m. on each 23 applicable day. 24 25 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 26 And the title is amended as follows: 27 Delete lines 4168 - 4174 28 and insert: 29 F.S.; clarifying the early voting period for elections 30 with state or federal races; authorizing a supervisor 31 of elections to provide early voting for elections not 32 held in conjunction with a state or federal election;