SB 184: Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot
GENERAL BILL by Evers ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz
Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot; Authorizing absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to use the federal write-in absentee ballot in any state or local election; prohibiting the supervisor of elections from canvassing federal write-in absentee ballots from overseas voters in certain elections until 10 days after the date of the election; revising minimum requirements for Department of State rules used to determine what constitutes a valid vote on a federal write-in absentee ballot, etc.
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 12/12/2014 Senate • Filed
1/8/2015 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Fiscal Policy -SJ 44
3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 44
3/5/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/10/15, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/10/2015 Senate • Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 191
3/11/2015 Senate • Now in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security -SJ 191
3/12/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/17/15, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building
3/17/2015 Senate • Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 191
• Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 191
3/23/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/26/15, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
3/26/2015 Senate • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 259
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 259
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/01/15
4/1/2015 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 312
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/2/2015 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 326
• Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 327
4/8/2015 House • In Messages
4/17/2015 House • Referred to Calendar -HJ 584
• Received -HJ 583
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/15
4/21/2015 House • Substituted for HB 109 -HJ 609
• Read 2nd time -HJ 609
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/22/2015 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 658
• Passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 659
4/22/2015 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 517
5/7/2015 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/21/2015 • Approved by Governor
5/22/2015 • Chapter No. 2015-40
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SB 184, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/22/2015 at 5:02 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 109 Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot Broxson Identical Last Action: 4/21/2015 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 184 (Ch. 2015-40) -HJ 609
Location: Laid on Table
H 1161 Elections Passidomo Compare Last Action: 4/28/2015 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 184 (Ch. 2015-40), CS/CS/SB 228 (Ch. 2015-36)
Location: In committee/council (GVOPS)
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 4 (pdf) -
SB 184, Original Filed Version Posted 12/12/2014 at 3:24 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 109 Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot Broxson Identical Last Action: 4/21/2015 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 184 (Ch. 2015-40) -HJ 609
Location: Laid on Table
H 1161 Elections Passidomo Compare Last Action: 4/28/2015 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 184 (Ch. 2015-40), CS/CS/SB 228 (Ch. 2015-36)
Location: In committee/council (GVOPS)
Committee Votes (3)
Date Committee Result 3/10/2015 4:00 PM Ethics and Elections 10 Yeas - 0 Nays 3/17/2015 9:00 AM Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security 5 Yeas - 0 Nays 3/26/2015 9:00 AM Fiscal Policy 8 Yeas - 0 Nays Floor Votes (2)
Date Chamber Result 4/2/2015 2:07 PM Senate 37 Yeas - 0 Nays 4/22/2015 11:29 AM House 118 Yeas - 0 Nays 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 4 (pdf)
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