VOTERS/VOTING: Provides relative to voting. (8/1/24)
SB 218 amends existing voting laws by removing specific references to certain procedures and correcting line item labels within the statute. The bill directly affects the legal text governing absentee voting applications and related administrative codes by deleting outdated sections and adjusting letter designations. These changes streamline the statutory language without introducing new voting requirements or altering the fundamental rights of voters.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed May 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 27, 2024 · House May 21, 2024
How they voted
24–10
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
Mar 27, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Nay
R
Republican25
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 25 yeas and 10 nays.
upper
May 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 29. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 8, 2024
Introduced
Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Caleb Kleinpeter
RRepublican
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