The Florida Senate

CS/CS/SB 726: Vote-by-mail Ballots

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Ethics and Elections ; Powell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell

Vote-by-mail Ballots; Authorizing an elector to vote by personally delivering his or her completed vote-by-mail ballot to an early voting site in the elector’s county of residence during the site’s hours of operation, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/6/2017	Senate	• Filed
  2/16/2017	Senate	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Rules -SJ 90
  3/7/2017	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 90
  3/30/2017	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/04/17, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  4/4/2017	Senate	• CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 300
  4/5/2017	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 302
  4/6/2017	Senate	• Now in Rules -SJ 300
  4/20/2017	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/25/17, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
  4/25/2017	Senate	• CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 478
  4/26/2017	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 480
  5/1/2017	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/03/17
  5/3/2017	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 715 • Substituted HB 521 (Died in House returning Messages) -SJ 715 • Laid on Table -SJ 715

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• CS/CS/SB 726, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/26/2017 at 12:07 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 521	Vote-by-Mail Ballots	Davis	Similar	Last Action: 5/5/2017 H Died in returning Messages

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  101.69	Voting in person; return of vote-by-mail ballot.	Page 1 (pdf)

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• CS/SB 726, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 4/5/2017 at 3:01 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/24/2017 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/26/2017 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 521	Vote-by-Mail Ballots	Davis	Similar	Last Action: 5/5/2017 H Died in returning Messages

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  844694 - Amendment Delete lines 47 - 52 and insert:	Rules (Powell)	4/24/2017 2:34 PM (Late Filed)	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/25/2017	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  4/25/2017 2:00 PM	Rules	12 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  101.69	Voting in person; return of vote-by-mail ballot.	Page 1 (pdf)

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• SB 726, Original Filed Version Posted 2/6/2017 at 2:48 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 4/3/2017 (pdf) Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 4/5/2017 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 521	Vote-by-Mail Ballots	Davis	Identical	Last Action: 5/5/2017 H Died in returning Messages

  Committee Amendments (2)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  468388 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Ethics and Elections (Powell)	3/31/2017 9:09 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/5/2017	Web Page PDF
  310190 - Amendment to Amendment (468388) Delete lines 39 - 43 and insert:	Ethics and Elections (Bean)	3/31/2017 1:47 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/5/2017	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  4/4/2017 9:30 AM	Ethics and Elections	5 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  101.64	Delivery of vote-by-mail ballots; envelopes; form.	Page 1 (pdf)

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