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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 380

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Relating to: requiring a watermark on mailed absentee ballots. (FE)

Elections — Ballots Elections — Campaign expense

  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

This bill requires that all absentee ballots mailed to eligible voters contain a

watermark that identifies the ballot as an official absentee ballot.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Bodden (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Donovan (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , O'Connor (R) , Schmidt (R) , Schraa (R)

6 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , Knodl (R) , Nass (R) , Quinn (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Tomczyk (R)

Full history

  1. Aug 11, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Allen, Donovan, Armstrong, Behnke, Binsfeld, Bodden, Brandtjen, Brooks, Gundrum, Gustafson, Maxey, O'Connor, Schmidt and Schraa; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Knodl, Cabral-Guevara, Nass, Stafsholt and Tomczyk

  2. Aug 11, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Sep 21, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Maxey withdrawn as a coauthor

  4. Oct 3, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1