Election Law - Voting by Absentee Ballot - Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Mar 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2019
Last action Mar 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2019
How they voted
20–13
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 35
Mar 6, 2019
D
Democratic23
86% Yea
R
Republican12
91% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Mar 11, 2019
Committee
First Reading Ways and Means
lower
Mar 8, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed (28-18)
upper
Mar 6, 2019
Amended
Floor Amendment {523221/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (17-30)
upper
Mar 6, 2019
Amended
Floor Amendment {963122/1 (Senator Jennings) Rejected
upper
Mar 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (29-16)
upper
Mar 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment Adopted
upper
Mar 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {794337/1
upper
Mar 6, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (20-13-2)
senate
Mar 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {794337/1
upper
Mar 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
upper
Jan 30, 2019
Committee
First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cheryl Kagan
DDemocratic
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