CHAPTER NUMBER: 304
File Code: Elections
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 83/01 - EEA
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 535
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Kelley, Blount, Conway, Currie, Exum, Hughes, Lawlah,
McFadden, and Mitchell
- Entitled:
-
Election Law - Voter Registration - Felons
Altering the qualifications for voter registration to allow an
individual who has been convicted of a specified crime to qualify to
be a registered voter if the individual, in connection with a first
conviction or a subsequent conviction, has completed the court-ordered
sentence and, in the case of a subsequent conviction, at least 3 years
have elapsed since the completion of the sentence; prohibiting
specified individuals from being qualified to be registered voters;
etc.
Senate Action
- 1/17
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 1/23
- Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Recommit to Committee Education Health and Environmental Affairs (Senator Collins)
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Haines) Adopted
- 3/26
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order 3/28 (Senator Collins) Adopted
- 3/28
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Jacobs) Rejected (10-34)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Roesser) Rejected (13-30)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Hooper) Rejected (13-32)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Ferguson) Rejected (14-31)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Ferguson) Rejected (20-24)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Ferguson) Rejected (15-29)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/29
- Motion Special Order 4/1 (Senator Baker) Rejected (16-30)
- Third Reading Passed (26-20)
- 4/5
- Returned Passed
- 5/6
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 304
House Action
- 3/29
- First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
- 4/1
- Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable Report by Commerce and Government Matters
- 4/3
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed (80-54)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- EX-OFFENDERS
- REGISTRATION -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
- SUNSET
- VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Election Law
- (
3-102
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 003524/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 28, 2002 at:
12:48 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 003524/2 (PDF) Offered on: March 28, 2002 at:
1:01 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 293729/2 (PDF) Offered on: March 28, 2002 at:
11:40 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 303722/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 28, 2002 at:
12:53 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 344239/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 20, 2002 at:
12:48 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 423320/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 28, 2002 at:
12:32 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 453728/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 28, 2002 at:
12:38 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 804037/2 (PDF) Offered on: March 28, 2002 at:
11:40 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 28, 2002: Floor Amendment (Jacobs) {293729/2 Rejected (10-34)
- March 28, 2002: Floor Amendment (Roesser) {423320/1 Rejected (13-30)
- March 28, 2002: Floor Amendment (Hooper) {453728/1 Rejected (13-32)
- March 28, 2002: Floor Amendment (Ferguson) {003524/1 Rejected (14-31)
- March 28, 2002: Floor Amendment (Ferguson) {303722/1 Rejected (20-24)
- March 28, 2002: Floor Amendment (Ferguson) {003524/2 Rejected (15-29)
- House
- April 4, 2002: Third Reading Passed (80-54)
