General registrar, electoral board, and their employees; exemption from jury service. (SB1156)

Introduced By

Sen. Fred Quayle (R-Suffolk)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Exemption from jury service; general registrar, electoral board, and their employees.  Provides that any general registrar, local electoral board member, or person appointed or employed by a general registrar or local electoral board shall be exempt from jury service upon his request. This exemption applies only to jury service starting (i) during the period beginning 90 days before any election and continuing through election day; (ii) during the period to ascertain the results of the election and continuing for 10 days after the local electoral board certifies the results of the election or the State Board of Elections certifies the results of the election; or (iii) during the period of an election recount or contested election.

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/12/2011Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11103538D
01/12/2011Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/13/2011Assigned Courts sub: Civil
02/07/2011Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2011Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2011Read second time and engrossed
02/08/2011Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2011Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2011Placed on Calendar
02/09/2011Read first time
02/09/2011Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/10/2011Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
02/21/2011Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2011Committee substitute printed 11105470D-H1
02/23/2011Read second time
02/24/2011Read third time
02/24/2011Committee substitute agreed to 11105470D-H1
02/24/2011Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1156H1
02/24/2011Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/24/2011VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2011Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
02/24/2011Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/24/2011VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2011House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2011Title replaced 11105470D-H1
03/03/2011Enrolled
03/03/2011Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1156ER)
03/03/2011Signed by Speaker
03/06/2011Signed by President
03/26/2011G Approved by Governor-Chapter 708 (effective 7/1/11)
03/26/2011G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 1 minute.