AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 29, 2023
Signed May 18, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2023
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 28
May 11, 2023
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican3
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
2
May 18, 2023
Signed into law
05/18/2023 Signed by Governor
executive
May 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
05/16/2023 House passed in concurrence
lower
May 11, 2023
Upper · Passed
05/11/2023 Senate read and passed
upper
May 4, 2023
Legislature · Passed
05/04/2023 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 4, 2023
Committee
04/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 29, 2023
Introduced
03/29/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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