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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 282

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Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE)

Elections Municipality — Elections Municipality — Finance Municipality — Officers

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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 this bill, if a municipality broadcasts canvassing proceedings live in any

election, including by live stream on the Internet, the municipality must record the

broadcast, and the municipal clerk must retain the recording for 22 months.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Edming (R) , Krug (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R)

6 cosponsors

Cabrera (D) , Gustafson, O'Connor and Maxey , Nass (R) , Taylor (D) , Tomczyk (R) , Wimberger (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Oct 19, 2023 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 1

Passed 8–1 Oct 19, 2023 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. May 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Ortiz-Velez, Steffen, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Edming, Murphy, Moses and Krug; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Taylor, Nass and Tomczyk

  2. May 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. May 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jun 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  6. Jun 20, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  8. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  9. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-9-2023 by Committee on Rules

  11. Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Representatives Gustafson, O'Connor and Maxey added as coauthors

  12. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor

  13. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  14. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1