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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 921

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Relating to: registering to vote and obtaining a ballot by an agent during a state of emergency.

Elections — Ballots Elections — Registration Governor Governor — Legislation by request of Hospitals and health care facilities Public health

  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

Current law allows a hospitalized individual to register to vote and to apply for

and obtain an absentee ballot by an agent. This bill allows an individual who is

quarantined or in isolation as the result of a state of emergency to register to vote and

to apply for and obtain an absentee ballot by an agent.

Sponsors

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

3 cosponsors

Brostoff (D) , Hebl, Sinicki, Bowen, Crowley, Zamarripa, Cabrera, C. Taylor 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 and Vruwink added as cosponsors

  5. Apr 21, 2020 · Senate

    Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor