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Legislation


2004 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 53

File Code: Elections Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 393
Sponsored By:
Delegates Montgomery, Barve, Cadden, Barkley, Bobo, Boschert, Boteler, Bozman, G. Clagett, Conroy, Frank, Gaines, Glassman, Goldwater, Kach, Kaiser, Kelley, Lee, Leopold, Mandel, McConkey, Miller, Morhaim, Murray, Proctor, Quinter, Ramirez, Ross, Stern, Taylor, Trueschler, F. Turner, Vaughn, and Healey
Entitled:
Election Law - Voting Systems - Voter-Verified Paper Records

Synopsis:

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; establishing a Task Force to Study Voting System Verification; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
09/3
Pre-filed
1/14
First Reading Ways and Means
2/4
Hearing 2/10 at 11:00 a.m.
3/26
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order 3/27 (Delegate Cadden) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Shank) Rejected (45-87)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Hixson) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/28
Third Reading Passed (137-1)
4/5
House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
House Requests Senate Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Delegates Patterson, King, and Myers
Senate Action
3/30
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/5
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/3
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/4
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)
4/8
Senate Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Senators Stone, Hollinger, and Harris
Sponsored by:
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A
Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26
Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A
Delegate Warren E. Miller, District 9A
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13
Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47
Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
Delegate John G. Trueschler, District 42
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
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
REPORTS
SUNSET
VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Election Law
( 1-101 , 9-107 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 483620/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 27, 2004   at: 11:49 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 525965/02 (PDF)     Offered on: March 26, 2004   at: 12:16 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 543122/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 27, 2004   at: 11:41 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Senate
Number: 424339/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 5, 2004   at: 1:57 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 26, 2004: Floor Amendment (Shank) {543122/1 Rejected (45-87)
March 28, 2004: Third Reading Passed (137-1)
Senate
April 4, 2004: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
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