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CS/CS/SB 1262: Election Dates for Municipal Office

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Ethics and Elections ; Hutson

Election Dates for Municipal Office; Requiring the governing body of a municipality to determine the dates on which initial and runoff elections for municipal office are held and providing options therefor; requiring counties that have established certain dates for the election of municipal officers through a special act to conduct municipal elections on specified dates; requiring municipal recall elections to be held concurrently with municipal elections under certain conditions, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/8/2018 Senate - Laid on Table -SJ 910
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/14/2017 Senate • Filed
1/11/2018 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 146
• Introduced -SJ 146
2/1/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/06/18, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/6/2018 Senate • CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 4 NAYS 3 -SJ 297
2/7/2018 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 304
2/8/2018 Senate • Now in Community Affairs -SJ 297
2/15/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/20/18, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
2/20/2018 Senate • CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 4 NAYS 3 -SJ 374
2/21/2018 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 375
2/23/2018 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 374
2/28/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/01/18, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
3/1/2018 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 7 NAYS 6 -SJ 564
3/2/2018 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 564
3/6/2018 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/08/18 -SJ 967
3/8/2018 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 910
• Substituted HB 7037 (Died on Calendar in Senate) -SJ 910
• Laid on Table -SJ 910