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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 161

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Relating to: electioneering at a retirement home or residential care facility.

Elections — Officials Elections — Registration Nursing homes and adult care

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, no person may engage in electioneering in or near a

retirement home or residential care facility while special voting deputies are present

at the home or facility. Under this bill, no candidate or candidate's agent may engage

in electioneering in or near a retirement home or residential care facility during any

day on which special voting deputies are scheduled to be present at the home or

facility.

Sponsors

Introduced by: LeMahieu (R) , Nass (R)

12 cosponsors

E. Brooks (R) , Gannon (R) , Katsma (R) , Knodl (R) , Murphy (R) , Quinn (R) , Steffen (R) , Stroebel (R) , Tittl (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Vukmir (R) , Weatherston (R)

Full history

  1. May 14, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators LeMahieu and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Vorpagel, E. Brooks, Gannon, Katsma, Knodl, Murphy, Quinn, Steffen, Tittl and Weatherston

  2. May 14, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Local Government

  3. May 14, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Stroebel added as a coauthor

  4. May 18, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Vukmir added as a coauthor

  5. May 28, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1