VOTERS/VOTING: Establishes the Closed Party Primary Task Force to study the necessary steps to develop a closed party primary election system applicable at the federal, state, and local levels beginning with the 2022 congressional elections.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Governor
Introduced May 7, 2020
Last action Jun 1, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 15, 2020 · House May 29, 2020
How they voted
25–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 30
May 15, 2020
D
Democratic9
55% Yea
R
Republican21
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 31, 2020
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read by title, concurred in by vote of 73 yeas, 19 nays.
lower
May 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0-1).
lower
May 18, 2020
Committee
Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
May 15, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read by title and adopted by a vote of 31 yeas and 1 nays. Ordered sent to the House.
upper
May 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 11, 2020
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
upper
May 7, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SH
Sharon Hewitt
RRepublican
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