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CS/SB 1596: Elections

GENERAL BILL by Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections ; Diaz de la Portilla ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz

Elections; Removing a provision prohibiting the use of the address appearing on the identification presented by an elector as a basis for confirming the elector’s legal residence; requiring that tickets and advertising for campaign fund raisers comply with the requirements for political advertisements; revising the information that is required to appear on a bank account for the deposit of funds received by a campaign treasurer for a candidate or political committee; revising the information that is required to appear on bank account checks of candidates or political committees; revising the information that is used to determine whether debit cards are considered bank checks, etc.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/7/2012 Senate - Laid on Table -SJ 948
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/6/2012 Senate • Filed
1/17/2012 Senate • Referred to Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections; Rules -SJ 221
• Introduced -SJ 221
1/18/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections, 01/23/12, 5:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
1/23/2012 Senate • CS by Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -SJ 265
1/24/2012 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 265
• CS by Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 276
1/25/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/30/12, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
1/30/2012 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 300
• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 300
2/28/2012 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/12
3/1/2012 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/12
3/2/2012 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/12
3/5/2012 Senate • Retained on Calendar
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/07/12
3/7/2012 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 948
• Amendment(s) adopted (177834) -SJ 948
• Substituted CS/HB 1461 (Died in House returning Messages) -SJ 948
• Laid on Table -SJ 948