IN SB0143 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-02 - First Reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
Pending: House Elections and Apportionment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-02 - First Reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
Pending: House Elections and Apportionment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Summary
Election workers. Eliminates a restriction prohibiting a nephew or niece of a candidate from serving as: (1) a precinct election officer; (2) a member of an absentee voter board; (3) an absentee ballot counter; or (4) an absentee ballot courier.
Title
Election workers. Eliminates a restriction prohibiting a nephew or niece of a candidate from serving as: (1) a precinct election officer; (2) a member of an absentee voter board; (3) an absentee ballot counter; or (4) an absentee ballot courier.
Sponsors
| Sen. James Tomes [R] | Sen. Vaneta Becker [R] | Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D] | Sen. Greg Walker [R] |
| Rep. Ronald Bacon [R] |
Roll Calls
2015-01-22 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 37 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-01-12 - Senate - Senate Committee on Elections - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-12 - Senate - Senate Committee on Elections - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-02 | House | First Reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment |
| 2015-02-03 | Senate | Referred to the House |
| 2015-01-22 | Senate | Senator Walker added as coauthor |
| 2015-01-22 | Senate | Representative Bacon added as sponsor |
| 2015-01-22 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 21: yeas 37, nays 12 |
| 2015-01-20 | Senate | Senator Randolph added as coauthor |
| 2015-01-20 | Senate | Senator Becker added as second author |
| 2015-01-20 | Senate | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| 2015-01-12 | Senate | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| 2015-01-06 | Senate | First Reading: referred to Committee on Elections |
| 2015-01-06 | Senate | Authored by Senator Tomes |
