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AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE, ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND ELECTION AUDITS.
To (1) require the Secretary of the State to report on certain election laws modified or suspended for any primary or election held in 2020 or 2021, (2) require any declaratory ruling, instruction, opinion or order of the Secretary to be adopted as a regulation and submitted to the Legislative Regulation Review Committee, (3) prohibit the unsolicited mailing of absentee ballots by certain election officials, (4) provide state-wide consistency regarding pre-election day processing of absentee ballots whenever authorized and prohibit registrars of voters from contacting voters for the purpose of curing unsigned absentee ballots, (5) require the Secretary to establish a pilot program from the verification of signatures on returned absentee ballot envelopes, (6) require that absentee ballot applications contain a statement regarding penalties for noncompliance with certain provisions, (7) establish a task force to study the feasibility of single-envelope returns of absentee ballots, (8) establish a working group to examine risk-limiting audits of election results, and (9) change the deadline by which minor parties need to file their rules with the Secretary prior to nominating candidates for office.
Introduced by:
Government Administration and Elections Committee| New today | 2-4 days old | 5 days & older |
| Text of Bill | |
| File No. 500 | |
| GAE Joint Favorable Substitute [doc] | |
| Committee Bill [doc] | |
| Proposed Bill [doc] |
| Called Amendments | |
| House Schedule A LCO# 10272 (D) [doc] |
| Votes | |
| House Roll Call Vote 316 AS AMENDED |
| Committee Actions | |
| GAE Joint Fav. Rpt | |
| GAE Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) | |
| GAE Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft) | |
| GAE Vote Tally Sheet-A |
| Fiscal Notes | |
| Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10272 (See Fiscal Note Details) | |
| Fiscal Note for HB-6325, As Amended by House "A" (LCO 10272) | |
| Fiscal Note For File Copy 500 |
| Bill Analyses | |
| Bill Analysis for HB-6325, as amended by House "A" | |
| Bill Analysis For File Copy 500 |
Co-sponsors for Amendment LCO:
Bill History
| Date | Action Taken | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6/6/2021 | Senate Calendar Number 568 | ||
| 6/6/2021 | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate | ||
| 6/5/2021 | Transmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17 | ||
| 6/5/2021 | House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A | ||
| 6/5/2021 | House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 10272 | ||
| 4/19/2021 | (LCO) | File Number 500 | |
| 4/19/2021 | House Calendar Number 367 | ||
| 4/19/2021 | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House | ||
| 4/19/2021 | (LCO) | Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office | |
| 4/12/2021 | (LCO) | Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/19/21 10:00 AM | |
| 4/1/2021 | (LCO) | Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office | |
| 3/31/2021 | (GAE) | Joint Favorable Substitute | |
| 3/19/2021 | Public Hearing 03/24 | ||
| 3/18/2021 | Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections | ||
| 3/17/2021 | Drafted by Committee | ||
| 2/10/2021 | (GAE) | Vote to Draft | |
| 2/1/2021 | Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections |
Co-sponsors of HB-6325
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