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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 945

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Relating to: notifications to local elections officials and the elections commission regarding certain prospective jurors. (FE)

Circuit court Citizenship County — Officers Elections — Officials Elections commission Jury

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, stopped here
  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 requires each clerk of circuit court to notify, on the basis of the address

information used for mailing juror qualification forms, the appropriate municipal

clerk or board of election commissioners and the Elections Commission of any

prospective juror whose returned juror qualification form shows that the person does

not qualify for jury duty in that circuit because the person either is not a U.S. citizen

or does not live in the circuit for which he or she was called for jury duty. Unless a

court orders otherwise, notifications provided under the bill must be kept

confidential and are not subject to inspection and copying under state law.

Under the bill, if the Elections Commission receives a notification as provided

under the bill, the commission must examine the registration list to determine if any

prospective juror identified in the notification is registered to vote or has voted. If

the commission determines that a prospective juror who is registered to vote or has

voted does not have the necessary elector qualifications or does not satisfy the

residence requirements, the commission shall remove the person's name from the

registration list and send notice to the person and to the district attorney or attorney

general of the commission's action.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Wimberger (R)

12 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Murphy (R) , Rozar (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Tittl (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 18, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 18, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 21–12 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 58–35 Feb 24, 2022 official source full page

Aye · 58

Not voting · 4

Full history

  1. Feb 7, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Knodl, Armstrong, Brooks, Behnke, Cabral-Guevara, Krug, Murphy, Rozar, Tittl and Wichgers

  2. Feb 7, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics

  3. Feb 16, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 17, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger

  5. Feb 17, 2022 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  8. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  9. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  15. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 12

  16. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  18. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  19. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  20. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 8:15 AM on 2-24-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 30

  21. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  22. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 58, Noes 35, Paired 2

  25. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor

  26. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Feb 24, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  28. Mar 2, 2022 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  29. Apr 5, 2022 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-5-2022 by directive of the Majority Leader

  30. Apr 11, 2022 · Senate

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2022

  31. May 17, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  32. May 17, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82