An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in the Secretary of the Commonwealth, providing for requirements for disapproval or decertification of voting apparatuses and for census outreach; in district election officers, further providing for compensation of district election officers; in election districts and polling places, further providing for restrictions on alteration; in nomination of candidates, further providing for petition may consist of several sheets and affidavit of circulator, for manner of signing nomination petitions and time of circulating and for nominations by political bodies; in ballots, further providing for form of official primary ballot, for form of official election ballot, for number of ballots to be printed and specimen ballots and for forms of ballots on file and open to public inspection and ballots and diagrams to be furnished to candidates and parties; in voting machines, further providing for requirements of voting machines and for form of ballot labels on voting machines; in electronic voting systems, further providing for requirements of electronic voting systems, for forms, for election day procedures and the process of voting and for post election procedures; providing for voting apparatus bonds; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote and persons entitled to vote and voter's certificates and entries to be made in district register and numbered lists of voters and challenges, for method of marking ballots and depositing same in districts in which ballots are used, for instructions of voters and manner of voting in districts in which voting machines are used, for count and return of votes in districts in which ballots are used, for what ballots shall be counted, manner of counting and defective ballots and for canvass and return of votes in districts in which voting machines are used and providing for deadline for receipt of valid voter registration application, for appeals and for appeals to court of common pleas; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications for official absentee ballots, for date of application for absentee ballot, for approval of application for absentee ballot, for absentee electors files and lists, for official absentee voters ballots, for delivering or mailing ballots, for voting by absentee electors, for canvassing of official absentee ballots and for public records; providing for voting by qualified mail-in electors; in returns of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of computing irregular ballots; providing for dissemination of information and for jurisdiction; removing references to the Traffic Court of Philadelphia; and making related repeals.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
Oct 2019
Senate Passage
Oct 2019
House Passage
Oct 2019
Signed into Law
Oct 2019
Introduced Mar 25, 2019
Signed Oct 31, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Oct 29, 2019 · House Oct 28, 2019
How they voted
22–8
Passed
Total votes 30
Oct 29, 2019
D
Democratic13
61% Nay
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
11
Committee
11
Oct 31, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
upper
Oct 29, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House amendments
upper
Oct 29, 2019
Upper · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
upper
Oct 29, 2019
Committee
Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
upper
Oct 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Oct 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as amended
lower
Oct 28, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (104-0-3)
house
Oct 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
PN 1330 Amended in House Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Oct 28, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Oct 22, 2019
Lower · Passed
PN 1292 Reported as amended
lower
Jun 26, 2019
Committee
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT
lower
Jun 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jun 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Jun 19, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Jun 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
PN 1015 Reported as amended
upper
Mar 25, 2019
Committee
PN 0481 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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