Legislation

Title: Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity
Sponsored by: Senators Salling, Bates, Cassilly, Eckardt, Edwards, Hershey, Jennings, Norman, Ready, Reilly, Serafini, and Waugh
Status: In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity and verify the voter's address if the voter seeks to vote a regular ballot; requiring an election judge to qualify a voter by requesting the voter to present a current government-issued photo identification; requiring an election judge to authorize an individual to vote a regular ballot; allowing a voter who is unable to present a specified form of identification to vote by provisional ballot under specified circumstances; etc.

Committees

Original:: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1017 Session: 2015 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): January 1, 2017

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/21/2016 Legislative Date 1/22/2016 Action First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/27/2016 Legislative Date 1/27/2016 Action Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
Senate	1/21/2016	1/22/2016	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Senate	1/27/2016	1/27/2016	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.

Documents

Date Posted	Document Name
1/22/2016	Text - First - Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity

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