CS/HB 215: Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot
GENERAL BILL by Ethics and Elections Subcommittee ; Broxson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Ahern ; Nunez ; Watson, C.
Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot; Authorizes absent uniformed services voters & overseas voters to use federal write-in absentee ballot in any state or local election; provides that eligible elector may vote on any ballot measure in election using federal write-in absentee ballot; specifies that vote cast in judicial merit retention election be treated in same manner as vote on certain ballot measures; revises minimum requirements for DOS rules used in determining what constitutes valid vote on federal write-in absentee ballot.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 10/24/2013 House • Filed
11/22/2013 House • Referred to Ethics and Elections Subcommittee; Veteran and Military Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 23
12/20/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections Subcommittee, 01/08/14, 12:30 pm, Webster Hall
1/8/2014 House • CS by Ethics and Elections Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 152
1/9/2014 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
1/16/2014 House • Now in Veteran and Military Affairs Subcommittee -HJ 150
2/11/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Veteran and Military Affairs Subcommittee, 02/18/14, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
2/18/2014 House • Favorable by Veteran and Military Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 157
• Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 157
2/24/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 03/03/14, 2:30 pm, Morris Hall
3/3/2014 House • Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 161
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 161
3/4/2014 House • Introduced -HJ 23
• CS by Ethics and Elections Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 137
5/2/2014 House • Died on Calendar
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CS/HB 215, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/9/2014 at 5:10 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Veteran and Military Affairs Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/18/2014 (pdf)
State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/3/2014 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 486 Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot Evers Identical Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Messages
Location: In messages from Senate
Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 101.6952 Absentee ballots for absent uniformed services and overseas voters. Page 1 (pdf) 102.166 Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes. Page 3 (pdf) -
HB 215, Original Filed Version Posted 10/24/2013 at 3:12 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Ethics and Elections Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/9/2014 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 486 Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot Evers Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Messages
Location: In messages from Senate
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 210839 - Amendment
Remove lines 45-67 and insert:Broxson 1/7/2014
10:31 AMAdopted
1/8/2014PDF Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 101.6952 Absentee ballots for absent uniformed services and overseas voters. Page 1 (pdf) 102.166 Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes. Page 3 (pdf)