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SB 1354: Statewide Voter Registration Application

GENERAL BILL by Brandes

Statewide Voter Registration Application; Revising requirements for the uniform statewide voter registration application and the acceptance of such applications; deleting an exemption from public records requirements for information related to a voter registration applicant’s or voter’s prior felony conviction and his or her restoration of voting rights to conform to changes made by the act, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/2/2020 Senate • Filed
    1/13/2020 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 100
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 100
    1/22/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/27/20, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    1/27/2020 Senate • Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 214
    1/28/2020 Senate • Now in Judiciary
    1/30/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/04/20, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    2/4/2020 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 239
    • Now in Rules
    2/26/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/2/2020 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 411
    3/3/2020 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    3/5/2020 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20 -SJ 550
    3/9/2020 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 543
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 543
    • Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 543
    3/9/2020 House • In Messages
    3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Messages

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  • SB 1354, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/2/2020 at 2:02 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 1/24/2020 (pdf)
    Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 1/27/2020 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/3/2020 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/4/2020 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/28/2020 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 3/3/2020 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    831182 - Amendment
    Delete lines 23 - 25 and insert:
    Rules
    (Rodriguez)
    3/1/2020
    5:10 PM
    Withdrawn
    3/3/2020
    Web Page
    PDF

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    391404 - Amendment
    Delete lines 75 - 76 and insert:
    Brandes 3/6/2020
    1:42 PM
    Senate: Withdrawn
    3/9/2020
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    1/27/2020 4:00 PM Ethics and Elections 7 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/4/2020 12:30 PM Judiciary 5 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/2/2020 12:00 PM Rules 16 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/9/2020 3:15 PM Senate 39 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    97.052 Uniform statewide voter registration application. Page 1 (pdf)
    97.053 Acceptance of voter registration applications. Page 2 (pdf)
    97.0585 Public records exemption; information regarding voters and voter registration; confidentiality. Page 4 (pdf)

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