Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session
Relating to: extending the deadline for applying for an absentee ballot in-person.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law provides that a municipality may allow voters to make an
in-person application for an absentee ballot no later than the Sunday preceding the
election. Under the bill, a municipality must allow in-person applications on the
Sunday preceding any election that is held no later than 90 days after the governor
declares a state of emergency.
Sponsors
Full history
- Mar 26, 2020 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Larson, Smith and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representative Brostoff
- Mar 26, 2020 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
- Apr 1, 2020 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 2, 2020 · Senate
Representatives Hebl, Sinicki, Bowen, Crowley, Zamarripa, Cabrera, C. Taylor, Shankland and Vruwink added as cosponsors
- Apr 21, 2020 · Senate
Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor