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CS/CS/CS/SB 602: Residency of Candidates and Public Officers

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Judiciary ; Ethics and Elections ; Latvala

Residency of Candidates and Public Officers; Requiring a candidate or public officer required to reside in a specific geographic area to have only one domicile at a time; providing factors that may be considered when determining residency; providing exceptions for active duty military members; specifying the applicability of residency requirements on the Governor and Cabinet officers; specifying that the act does not apply to members of the Legislature, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2015
Last Action: 5/2/2014 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/9/2014 Senate • Filed
1/16/2014 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 50
2/24/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/03/14, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/3/2014 Senate • CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 139
3/4/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 50
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 128
3/5/2014 Senate • Now in Judiciary -SJ 139
3/13/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/18/14, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building --Not Considered
3/20/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/25/14, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
3/25/2014 Senate • CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 336
3/26/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 347
3/27/2014 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 336
3/28/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/02/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Not Considered
4/4/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/09/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
4/9/2014 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -SJ 510
4/11/2014 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 510
4/14/2014 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 510
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/14
4/23/2014 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 566
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/25/2014 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 632
• CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 632
• Immediately certified -SJ 648
4/25/2014 House • In Messages
5/2/2014 House • Died in Messages