CS/SB 1256: Voter Registration Applications
GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Martin
Voter Registration Applications; Providing an exception to a requirement that certain voter registration applicants must be registered without party affiliation; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to notify certain individuals of certain information; requiring the department to ensure that information technology processes and updates do not alter certain information without written consent, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/6/2024 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 135 (Ch. 2024-78) -SJ 764
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/6/2024 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 135 (Ch. 2024-78) -SJ 764
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/3/2024 Senate • Filed
1/8/2024 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
1/9/2024 Senate • Introduced
1/31/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/05/24, 2:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2/5/2024 Senate • Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2/6/2024 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
2/15/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 02/20/24, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
2/20/2024 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
• Now in Fiscal Policy
2/22/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/27/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/27/2024 Senate • CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
2/29/2024 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
3/4/2024 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/24
3/6/2024 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 764
• Substituted CS/HB 135 -SJ 764
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 135 (Ch. 2024-78) -SJ 764
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CS/SB 1256, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/29/2024 at 11:24 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 135 (er) Voter Registration Applications State Affairs Committee Similar Last Action: 4/12/2024 Chapter No. 2024-78 
Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 97.053 Acceptance of voter registration applications. Page 1 (pdf) 97.057 Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Page 2 (pdf) -
SB 1256, Original Filed Version Posted 1/3/2024 at 4:10 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 135 (c1) Voter Registration Applications State Affairs Committee Similar Last Action: 4/12/2024 Chapter No. 2024-78
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 949112 - Amendment
Delete lines 30 - 128 and insert:Fiscal Policy
(Martin)2/26/2024
8:45 AMReplaced by Committee Substitute
2/28/2024Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (3)
Date Committee Result 2/5/2024 2:30 PM Ethics and Elections 7 Yeas - 0 Nays 2/20/2024 1:30 PM Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development 5 Yeas - 0 Nays 2/27/2024 9:00 AM Fiscal Policy 20 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 97.052 Uniform statewide voter registration application. Page 2 (pdf) 97.053 Acceptance of voter registration applications. Page 2 (pdf) 97.057 Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Page 2 (pdf)