Relating to voting; to amend Section 17-7-23, Code of Alabama 1975, to require any approved electronic vote counting system used in an election to require the use of paper ballots; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Summary
Electronic vote counting system, use of a paper ballot required
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Feb 9, 2023
Signed May 30, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 4, 2023 · House May 2, 2023
How they voted
28–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 34
Apr 4, 2023
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican26
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Amendments
1
May 11, 2023
Introduced
Executive Amendment
upper
May 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
lower
Apr 4, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
lower
Apr 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs)
upper
Feb 9, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (State Governmental Affairs)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Clyde Chambliss
RRepublican
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