Relating to preferential voting in runoff elections for certain voters voting by mail.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2021
Last action May 17, 2021
Floor votes · House May 14, 2021
How they voted
69–57
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 129
May 14, 2021
D
Democratic51
96% Yea
R
Republican78
73% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
10
May 17, 2021
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
upper
May 17, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 17, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Apr 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to Elections
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AF
Art Fierro
DDemocratic
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