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CS/CS/SB 268: Voting Methods

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Ethics and Elections ; Baxley

Voting Methods; Authorizing voting to be conducted using a voter interface device that produces a voter-verifiable paper output; revising requirements for Department of State rules regarding manual recounts of certain ballots, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2020
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/9/2019 Senate • Filed
    1/22/2019 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 52
    1/28/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/05/19, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    2/5/2019 Senate • CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 159
    2/6/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Community Affairs
    2/28/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/05/19, 2:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
    3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 52
    • CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 187
    • CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 153
    3/7/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Rules
    • CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 189
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162)

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  • CS/CS/SB 268, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/7/2019 at 11:29 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 689 (c1) Voting Methods Fitzenhagen, Ponder Identical Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162) Track This Bill
    H 7101 (e1) Elections State Affairs Committee Compare Last Action: 5/1/2019 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162) -HJ 1097 Track This Bill
    S 7066 (er) Election Administration Ethics and Elections Compare Last Action: 7/1/2019 Chapter No. 2019-162 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    97.021 Definitions. Page 1 (pdf)
    101.56075 Voting methods. Page 1 (pdf)
    102.166 Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes. Page 2 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 268, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 2/6/2019 at 12:41 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/4/2019 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/7/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 689 Voting Methods Fitzenhagen, Ponder Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162) Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    344688 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Community Affairs
    (Baxley)     		3/4/2019
    1:46 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/7/2019     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/5/2019 2:30 PM Community Affairs 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    101.56075 Voting methods. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 268, Original Filed Version Posted 1/9/2019 at 10:31 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 1/31/2019 (pdf)
    Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 2/6/2019 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    381534 - Amendment
    Delete lines 9 - 27 and insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Baxley)     		1/31/2019
    10:25 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/5/2019     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 895386 - Amendment to Amendment (381534)
    Delete lines 9 - 12 and insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Rodriguez)     		2/4/2019
    1:46 PM     		Withdrawn
    2/5/2019     		Web Page
    PDF
    325334 - Amendment
    Delete lines 12 - 26 and insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Rodriguez)     		2/4/2019
    1:48 PM     		Withdrawn
    2/5/2019     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/5/2019 2:00 PM Ethics and Elections 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    101.56075 Voting methods. Page 1 (pdf)

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