Relating to the signature required on a carrier envelope for a ballot voted by mail; changing the elements of a criminal offense.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 3, 2023
Signed Jun 12, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2023 · House May 12, 2023
How they voted
25–6
Passed
Total votes 31
May 22, 2023
D
Democratic13
53% Yea
R
Republican18
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
47
Key actions
16
Committee
11
Jun 12, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 26, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Senate passage reported
lower
May 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
upper
May 16, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 15, 2023
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 3, 2023
Committee
Referred to Elections
lower
Mar 3, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
2 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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