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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 916

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Relating to: sending absentee ballots to registered voters during a state of emergency. (FE)

Elections — Ballots Elections — Officials Governor Municipality — Officers Municipality — Taxation Postage and postal service

  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

This bill allows the municipal clerk or board of elections commissioners to

automatically send absentee ballots to all registered voters no later than 7 days prior

to any primary or election held during a state of emergency. Under current law,

absentee ballots are sent automatically only to those voters who have specifically

requested that option.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Larson (D) , Smith (D)

3 cosponsors

Brostoff (D) , Hebl, Sinicki, Bowen, Crowley, Zamarripa, Cabrera, C. Taylor, Shankland and Vruwink , Neubauer (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 26, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson, Smith and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representative Brostoff

  2. Mar 26, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  4. Apr 2, 2020 · Senate

    Representatives Hebl, Sinicki, Bowen, Crowley, Zamarripa, Cabrera, C. Taylor, Shankland and Vruwink added as cosponsors

  5. Apr 21, 2020 · Senate

    Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor