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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 919

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Relating to: the deadline for returning absentee ballots by mail during a state of emergency. (FE)

Elections — Ballots Governor 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

Under current law, an absentee ballot must be returned in time to be delivered

to the polling place no later than 8 p.m. on election day. An absentee ballot not

returned on time cannot be counted. Under the bill, if the governor declares a state

of emergency, an absentee ballot being returned by mail for any primary or election

occurring no later than 90 days after the order is issued must be returned no later

than three days after the day of the primary or election and postmarked no later than

the day of the primary or election.

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