AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Allows the board of elections to begin the certification of mail ballots 20 days prior to election day and requires notice of such certification sessions and establishes a new and more comprehensive mail ballot voter signature verification process.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 24, 2021
Last action May 14, 2021
Floor votes · House May 12, 2021
How they voted
67–2
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 72
May 12, 2021
D
Democratic62
95% Yea
R
Republican10
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
3
May 14, 2021
Committee
05/14/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
May 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
05/12/2021 House passed Sub A
lower
May 3, 2021
Legislature · Passed
05/03/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Mar 15, 2021
Legislature · Passed
03/15/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 24, 2021
Introduced
02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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