LA SB161 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-09 - Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 26 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-09 - Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Permits a candidate for elective office to withdraw from the election and have his name removed from the ballot up to five days before early voting begins. (7/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE)
Title
Permits a candidate for elective office to withdraw from the election and have his name removed from the ballot up to five days before early voting begins. (7/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE)
Sponsors
| Sen. Gary Smith [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-09 | Senate | Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. |
| 2020-02-26 | Senate | Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. |
