Bill Text: MI SB0008 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Elections: absent voters; definition of United States Department of Defense verified electronic signature; provide for. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 18a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-10-11 - Assigned Pa 0196'22 With Immediate Effect [SB0008 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0008-Chaptered.html
Act No. 196
Public Acts of 2022
Approved by the Governor
October 7, 2022
Filed with the Secretary of State
October 7, 2022
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 7, 2022
state of michigan
101st Legislature
Regular session of 2022
Introduced by Senator Wojno
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 8
AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act,” (MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 18a.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 18a. As used in this act, “United States Department of Defense verified electronic signature” means the certificate-based digital identification code issued to qualified personnel by the United States Department of Defense as part of the Common Access Card, or its successor.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 311 of the 101st Legislature is enacted into law.
This
act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor