File Code: Elections
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 53
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Harris, Greenip,
Hollinger, Conway, Britt, Dyson, Grosfeld, Pinsky, Stone, Colburn,
Schrader, and Brochin
- Entitled:
-
Election Law - Voting Systems - Voter-Verified Paper Records
Requiring that any voting system that does not use a document ballot
produce a paper record of a voter's ballot choices and provide the
voter with an opportunity to inspect the paper record; requiring that
the paper records be preserved at the polling place in a manner
similar to document ballots so that the paper records may later be
used in a manual recount if necessary; providing that the Act shall
apply to elections occurring on or after November 1, 2004; and
providing that the Governor shall allocate specified resources.
Senate Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/18
- Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/23
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Stone) Adopted
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Special Order 3/29 (Senator Currie) Adopted
- 3/29
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order 3/30 (Senator Stone) Adopted
- 3/30
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
House Action
- 3/31
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- 4/8
- Re-referred Ways and Means
- Hearing 4/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 7
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Jim Brochin, District 42
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Janet Greenip, District 33
- Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Sandra B. Schrader, District 13
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMP FINANC; POL CANDS; VOTING
- ELECTIONS, STATE BOARD OF
- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
- EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
- GOVERNOR
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES
- RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
- VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Election Law
- (
1-101 ,
9-107
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 294733/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 24, 2004 at:
10:20 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 553823/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 30, 2004 at:
11:38 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
- Senate
- March 31, 2004: Third Reading Passed (46-0)