AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES (Amends several election statutes to require votes received by declared write-in candidates to be reported, requires a declaration to be filed by candidates to be elected by write-in and considers ballots cast for no office to be "irregular ballots".)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2019
Last action Jun 28, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 27, 2019
How they voted
51–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 56
Jun 27, 2019
D
Democratic50
92% Yea
R
Republican6
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Jun 28, 2019
Committee
06/28/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary
legislature
Jun 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
06/27/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment)
lower
Jun 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
06/26/2019 House read and passed
lower
Jun 24, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 10, 2019
Legislature · Passed
04/10/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 27, 2019
Introduced
02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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