HOUSE BILL 5

Sponsored By:

The Speaker and Delegates Hixson, Rosenberg, Barkley, Bobo, Boschert, Bozman, Burns, Cane, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, DeBoy, Donoghue, Feldman, Frush, Gilleland, Gutierrez, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kach, Kaiser, King, Krysiak, Leopold, Levy, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Menes, Montgomery, Niemann, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Ross, Stern, Vallario, Vaughn, Zirkin, Bartlett, Bronrott, Cadden, Cardin, Cryor, C. Davis, Doory, Elmore, Gaines, Goodwin, Gordon, James, Lee, Marriott, McKee, Moe, Myers, Ramirez, and F. Turner

Entitled:

Voters Rights Protection Act of 2005

Synopsis:

Providing that an individual whose right to vote is challenged at the polling place may establish the individual's identity by presenting a specified identification; prohibiting a person from willingly or knowingly influencing or attempting to influence a voter from going to the polls to cast a vote through the use of specified means or activities; prohibiting a person from willingly or knowingly engaging in specified conduct; requiring a local board of elections to count specified provisional ballots; establishing penalties; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

1/12

First Reading Ways and Means

2/16

Hearing 2/24 at 2:00 p.m.

3/14

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

3/15

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Special Order 3/16 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted

3/16

Floor Amendment (Delegate Bates)

Special Order 3/17 (Delegate Patterson) Adopted

3/17

Floor Amendment (Delegate Bates) Rejected (41-86)

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/21

Third Reading Passed (133-4)

4/9

House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments

House Requests Senate Recede

Senate Action

3/20

First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

4/9

Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs

4/7

Favorable with Amendments

Committee Amendment Adopted (27-19)

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (28-17)

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/8

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (34-11)

Sponsored by:

Speaker of the House of Delegates

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A

Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22

Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32

Delegate Marshall T. Goodwin, District 40

Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17

Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18

Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20

Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A

Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B

Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14

Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16

Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31

Delegate Murray D. Levy, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21

Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14

Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13

Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19

Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41

Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22

Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24

Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

BALLOTS

BRIBERY

DISCRIMINATION

ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMP FINANC; POL CANDS; VOTING

ELECTIONS SUPERVISORS

ELECTIONS, STATE BOARD OF

FRAUD -see also- FORGERY

HARASSMENT

IDENTIFICATION

PENALTIES

PUBLIC INFORMATION

REPORTS

SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS

VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Election Law

( 10-312 , 11-303 , 16-201 , 16-903 , 16-1002 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):

House

Number: 613820/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 17, 2005   at: 10:17 a.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 715268/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 15, 2005   at: 11:43 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 154231/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 2005   at: 7:21 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 17, 2005: Floor Amendment (Bates) {613820/1 Rejected (41-86)

March 21, 2005: Third Reading Passed (133-4)

Senate

April 7, 2005: Committee Amendment {154231/1 Adopted (27-19)

April 7, 2005: Favorable with Amendments Adopted (28-17)

April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (34-11)