2011 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 101

File Code: Elections
Sponsored By:
Delegates Rosenberg, Barve, Cardin, Ivey, Myers, Ross, and Summers
Entitled:
Election Law - Petitions - Prohibited Actions

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a person from willfully and knowingly obtaining or attempting to obtain a signature on a petition by threat, menace, or intimidation; prohibiting a person from willfully and knowingly preventing, hindering, or delaying a person who has a lawful right to sign a petition from signing a petition through the use of fraud, duress, force, threat, menace, or intimidation; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
1/24
First Reading Ways and Means
1/26
Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m.
2/28

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
3/1
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order until 3/2 (Delegate McDonough) Adopted
3/2
Special Order until 3/3 (Delegate McDonough) Adopted
3/3
Special Order until 3/4 (Delegate McDonough) Adopted
3/4
Floor Amendment (Delegate McDonough) Rejected (45-94)
Floor Amendment (Delegate McDonough) Rejected (52-84)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/8
Third Reading Passed (89-50)
Senate Action
3/9
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
3/16
Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.

Sponsored by:

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
Delegate Michael G. Summers, District 47

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Assault
Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties and Sentnc; etc.
Elections -see also- Ballots; Camp Financ; Pol Cands; Voting
Fraud -see also- Forgery
Gifts
Harassment
Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty
Petitions
Political Committees
Signatures
Vandalism

Bill affects the following Statute:

Election Law
( 16-401 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal and Policy Note: Available
Amendments:
House
Number: 455365/01     Offered on: March 1, 2011   at: 10:45 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 683425/01     Offered on: March 4, 2011   at: 11:22 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 693524/01     Offered on: March 4, 2011   at: 11:39 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Committee Votes :
House
Ways and Means
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 4, 2011: Floor Amendment (McDonough) {683425/1 Rejected (45-94)
March 4, 2011: Floor Amendment (McDonough) {693524/1 Rejected (52-84)
March 8, 2011: Third Reading Passed (89-50)