Election Administration
Summary
Election Administration; Requiring the Secretary of State to notify the Attorney General if signatures required for an initiative petition are no longer valid; creating the Office of Election Crimes and Security within the Department of State; revising the frequency with which supervisors of elections must conduct a registration list maintenance program; requiring the Department of State to identify deceased registered voters using information received by specified agencies; requiring specified individuals observing the ballot duplication process to sign a specified affidavit acknowledging certain criminal penalties, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 25, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2022 · House Mar 9, 2022
How they voted
23–13
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Mar 4, 2022
D
Democratic14
85% Nay
R
Republican23
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
48
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Apr 25, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 76, NAYS 41
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Introduced
Amendment 242157 temporarily postponed
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Mar 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 24 NAYS 14
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (203418)
upper
Feb 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/24/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/01/22, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Nov 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Travis Hutson
RRepublican
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