Absentee voting; emergency voting. (HB242)

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Progress

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

Description

Absentee voting; emergency voting. Provides a process by which a qualified voter is permitted to vote by absentee ballot when an emergency either prevented him from applying for an absentee ballot by the deadline or will prevent him from voting in person on election day. The bill also provides for the Commissioner of Elections to take administrative action to facilitate absentee voting by those persons providing emergency or other services in an area in which a state of emergency has been declared. The bill contains technical amendments that consolidate current Code sections regarding emergency absentee voting. Read the Bill »

Status

02/18/2020: passed committee

History

Date	Action
12/30/2019	Committee
12/30/2019	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102154D
12/30/2019	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/13/2020	Assigned P & E sub: Elections
01/20/2020	Impact statement from DPB (HB242)
02/04/2020	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
02/07/2020	Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2020	Read first time
02/10/2020	Read second time and engrossed
02/11/2020	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/11/2020	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/12/2020	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
02/18/2020	Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally)