Relating to voting; to prohibit any person from distributing, ordering, requesting, collecting, completing, obtaining, or delivering an absentee ballot application or absentee ballot of another person in certain circumstances; to provide for exceptions; to prohibit a person from receiving a payment or providing a payment to another person for distributing, ordering, requesting, collecting, completing, obtaining, or delivering an absentee ballot application or absentee ballot of another person in certain circumstance; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Summary
Elections; to prohibit any person from assisting another person with an absentee ballot application or absentee ballot; provide for exceptions; prohibit another person from receiving a payment or provide a payment to any person to assist another with an absentee ballot application or absentee ballot; to provide for penalties
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 23, 2023
Last action May 23, 2023
Floor votes · House May 4, 2023
How they voted
75–27
Passed
Total votes 102
May 4, 2023
D
Democratic27
100% Nay
R
Republican75
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs)
upper
May 11, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (State Governmental Affairs)
upper
May 4, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Judiciary)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jamie Kiel
RRepublican
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