VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for voting and voting processes and procedures, including provisions relative to the standards, requirement, and acquisition of voting machines and systems
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2021
Last action May 17, 2021
Floor votes · House May 12, 2021
How they voted
84–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 91
May 12, 2021
D
Democratic31
80% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican59
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 17, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
upper
May 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 5, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (12-0).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Apr 2, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barry Ivey
RRepublican
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