Voter identification; electronic pollbooks to contain photographs of voters, effective clause.
Summary
Requires electronic pollbooks to contain the photographs of registered voters that are obtained by the general registrars in the production of voter photo identification cards or contained in a voter's Department of Motor Vehicles record. The bill also provides that if the electronic pollbook contains the voter's photograph, the officer of election is required to access that photograph and the voter is not required to present one of the statutorily required forms of identification. The bill prohibits lists of voters furnished pursuant to current law from containing any voter's photograph. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2019.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2018
Last action Mar 6, 2018
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Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Feb 23, 2018
Committee
Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
legislature
Feb 23, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 20, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Jan 31, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Jan 26, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB523E
legislature
Jan 26, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Jan 26, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
legislature
Jan 16, 2018
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103159D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Obenshain
RRepublican
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