TO AMEND THE METHOD OF VOTING ABSENTEE; AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOXES.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Feb 13, 2023
Signed Mar 24, 2023
Floor votes · House Mar 13, 2023
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 24, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that SB258 is now Act 353
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1
upper
Mar 13, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
upper
Mar 13, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
upper
Mar 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Mar 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 9, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Feb 20, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 13, 2023
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 53 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rebecca Burkes
RRepublican
P
Tyler Dees
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Pilkington
RRepublican
Co
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
Co
Bart Schulz
RRepublican
Co
Brandon Achor
RRepublican
Co
Bruce Cozart
RRepublican
Co
Cameron Cooper
RRepublican
Co
Carlton Wing
RRepublican
Co
Chad Puryear
RRepublican
Co
Charlene Fite
RRepublican
Co
DeAnn Vaught
RRepublican
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