HB 1305: Elections
GENERAL BILL by Thompson
Elections; Revises provisions relating to the office of Secretary of State, General Election Day, candidate qualifying, petitions, Division of Elections, supervisors of elections, voter registration, ballots, voting, vote-by-mail, canvassing, absent voters, and dates for returns, and violations of election code.
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/10/2020 House • Filed
1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 116
1/17/2020 House • Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 400
3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee
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HB 1305, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/10/2020 at 3:49 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1806 Elections Stewart Identical Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Ethics and Elections 
Citations - Statutes (28)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 20.10 Department of State. Page 5 (pdf) 97.052 Uniform statewide voter registration application. Page 6 (pdf) 97.053 Acceptance of voter registration applications. Page 6 (pdf) 97.055 Registration books; when closed for an election. Page 8 (pdf) 97.0555 Late registration. Page 9 (pdf) 97.0556 Page 9 (pdf) 97.057 Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Page 9 (pdf) 97.0575 Third-party voter registrations. Page 9 (pdf) 98.065 Registration list maintenance programs. Page 11 (pdf) 98.0981 Reports; voting history; statewide voter registration system information; precinct-level election results; book closing statistics. Page 12 (pdf) 99.061 Method of qualifying for nomination or election to federal, state, county, or district office. Page 14 (pdf) 100.371 Initiatives; procedure for placement on ballot. Page 16 (pdf) 100.51 Page 17 (pdf) 101.016 Page 17 (pdf) 101.048 Provisional ballots. Page 18 (pdf) 101.151 Specifications for ballots. Page 20 (pdf) 101.5612 Testing of tabulating equipment. Page 22 (pdf) 101.62 Request for vote-by-mail ballots. Page 23 (pdf) 101.64 Delivery of vote-by-mail ballots; envelopes; form. Page 25 (pdf) 101.65 Instructions to absent electors. Page 27 (pdf) 101.68 Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot. Page 30 (pdf) 101.6952 Vote-by-mail ballots for absent uniformed services and overseas voters. Page 36 (pdf) 101.697 Electronic transmission of election materials. Page 41 (pdf) 101.71 Polling place. Page 42 (pdf) 102.031 Maintenance of good order at polls; authorities; persons allowed in polling rooms and early voting areas; unlawful solicitation of voters. Page 42 (pdf) 102.111 Elections Canvassing Commission. Page 43 (pdf) 102.112 Deadline for submission of county returns to the Department of State. Page 44 (pdf) 102.181 Page 44 (pdf)
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