Absentee voting; persons with a disability or illness may vote absentee. (SB7)
Introduced By
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Elections; absentee voting. Extends to persons with any disability or illness, rather than only a "physical" disability or illness, the ability to obtain an absentee ballot and provides a definition for "person with a disability." Read the Bill »
Status
03/26/2008: Passed the General Assembly
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 11/28/2007 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087709220 |
| 11/28/2007 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 01/15/2008 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/17/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/18/2008 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 01/21/2008 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/21/2008 | Communicated to House |
| 02/11/2008 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/11/2008 | Read first time |
| 02/11/2008 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/12/2008 | Assigned P & E sub: Elections |
| 02/15/2008 | Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections |
| 02/29/2008 | Reconsidered by Privileges and Elections |
| 03/03/2008 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (21-Y 0-N) |
| 03/04/2008 | Read second time |
| 03/05/2008 | Passed by for the day |
| 03/06/2008 | Read third time |
| 03/06/2008 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 03/06/2008 | Engrossed by House as amended |
| 03/06/2008 | Passed House with amendment (98-Y 0-N) |
| 03/06/2008 | VOTE: --- PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 03/06/2008 | House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 36-N) |
| 03/06/2008 | House insisted on amendment |
| 03/06/2008 | House requested conference committee |
| 03/06/2008 | Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) |
| 03/06/2008 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
| 03/06/2008 | Senators: Deeds, Barker, Vogel |
| 03/06/2008 | Conferees appointed by House |
| 03/06/2008 | Delegates: Hargrove, O'Bannon, Eisenberg |
| 03/07/2008 | Reading of conference report waived |
| 03/07/2008 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 03/08/2008 | Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N) |
| 03/08/2008 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N) |
| 03/24/2008 | Enrolled |
| 03/24/2008 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB7ER) |
| 03/24/2008 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/26/2008 | Signed by President |
| 04/11/2008 | Governor's recommendation received by Senate |
Comments
Senator Deeds is on a roll with extending the rights of voters this cycle. Way to go!
This is a terrific bill, I hope it passes. As a person with a disability/chronic illness that has in the past required dialysis 3 times a week including Tuesdays, this would be a great help when/if I go back on dialysis.
Yeah, we wouldn't want to pass any pro-disability rights legislation this year, would we? Shame.