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CS/CS/SB 1372: Elections

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Ethics and Elections ; Brandes

Elections; Deleting a provision that prohibits the use of an address appearing on identification presented by an elector at the polls as a basis to confirm an elector’s legal residence; revising requirements for eligibility to serve as a poll watcher; revising the timeframes for conducting public preelection testing of automatic tabulating equipment; prohibiting a person from providing, offering to provide, or accepting a pecuniary or other benefit in exchange for distributing, ordering, requesting, collecting, delivering, or otherwise physically possessing any vote-by-mail ballot, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1005 (Ch. 2020-109)
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
    1/3/2020 Senate • Filed
    1/13/2020 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 101
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 101
    1/29/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/03/20, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    2/3/2020 Senate • CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 1 -SJ 240
    2/5/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/6/2020 Senate • Now in Judiciary
    • CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 248
    2/14/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/19/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    2/19/2020 Senate • CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 3 NAYS 2 -SJ 346
    2/20/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/21/2020 Senate • Now in Rules
    2/26/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building --Not Considered
    • CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 351
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1005 (Ch. 2020-109)

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  • CS/CS/SB 1372, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/20/2020 at 3:03 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/28/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1005 (er) Voting Systems Byrd Compare Last Action: 6/29/2020 Chapter No. 2020-109 Track This Bill
    S 1312 (c1) Voting Systems Montford Compare Last Action: 3/10/2020 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1005 (Ch. 2020-109) -SJ 584 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (4)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    883168 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Rules
    (Brandes)     		2/28/2020
    11:17 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 870312 - Amendment to Amendment (883168)
    Delete lines 22 - 24 and insert:     		Rules
    (Rodriguez)     		3/1/2020
    5:11 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/2/2020     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 626332 - Amendment to Amendment (883168)
    Delete lines 139 - 159.     		Rules
    (Farmer)     		2/28/2020
    5:42 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 194602 - Amendment to Amendment (883168)
    Delete lines 158 - 159 and insert:     		Rules
    (Brandes)     		3/2/2020
    8:50 AM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (9)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    101.043 Identification required at polls. Page 2 (pdf)
    101.131 Watchers at polls. Page 3 (pdf)
    101.5612 Testing of tabulating equipment. Page 3 (pdf)
    101.5614 Canvass of returns. Page 5 (pdf)
    101.6103 Mail ballot election procedure. Page 6 (pdf)
    103.091 Political parties. Page 6 (pdf)
    104.0616 Vote-by-mail ballots and voting; violations. Page 7 (pdf)
    106.08 Contributions; limitations on. Page 8 (pdf)
    901.15 When arrest by officer without warrant is lawful. Page 8 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 1372, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 2/5/2020 at 1:20 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/18/2020 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/20/2020 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    885904 - Amendment
    Delete lines 176 - 185 and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Brandes)     		2/18/2020
    1:29 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/20/2020     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/19/2020 1:30 PM Judiciary 3 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    101.043 Identification required at polls. Page 2 (pdf)
    101.131 Watchers at polls. Page 2 (pdf)
    101.5612 Testing of tabulating equipment. Page 3 (pdf)
    101.5614 Canvass of returns. Page 4 (pdf)
    101.6103 Mail ballot election procedure. Page 5 (pdf)
    103.091 Political parties. Page 6 (pdf)
    106.08 Contributions; limitations on. Page 7 (pdf)

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  • SB 1372, Original Filed Version Posted 1/3/2020 at 11:20 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 1/31/2020 (pdf)
    Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 2/11/2020 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    169522 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Brandes)     		1/31/2020
    3:26 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/4/2020     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 402364 - Amendment to Amendment (169522)
    Between lines 22 and 23 insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Brandes)     		2/3/2020
    9:07 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/4/2020     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 807962 - Amendment to Amendment (169522)
    Between lines 130 and 131 insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Brandes)     		2/3/2020
    12:23 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/4/2020     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/3/2020 4:00 PM Ethics and Elections 6 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    101.043 Identification required at polls. Page 1 (pdf)
    101.5612 Testing of tabulating equipment. Page 2 (pdf)
    101.5614 Canvass of returns. Page 4 (pdf)
    101.6103 Mail ballot election procedure. Page 4 (pdf)
    103.091 Political parties. Page 5 (pdf)

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