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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 342

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Relating to: time for issuing a certificate of election.

Elections Elections — Contested elections

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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, a certificate of election may not be provided to a winning

candidate until after expiration of the time allowed to file a petition for a recount,

regardless of whether any candidate in the election is authorized to file a petition for

a recount. Current law authorizes only the following candidates to petition for a

recount:

1. For an election at which 4,000 or fewer votes are cast for the office that the

candidate seeks, a candidate who trails the leading candidate by no more than 40

votes.

2. For an election at which more than 4,000 votes are cast for the office that the

candidate seeks, a candidate who trails the leading candidate by no more than 1

percent of the total votes cast for that office.

Under this bill, if there is no candidate in an election who may petition for a

recount, the certificate of election may be issued immediately after completion of the

canvass.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brooks (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kulp (R) , Magnafici (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

2 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Feb 4, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jul 16, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Magnafici, Kulp, Gundrum, Brooks, Thiesfeldt and Knodl; cosponsored by Senators Bernier and Stroebel

  2. Jul 16, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Sep 10, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 30, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  6. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1