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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 497

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Relating to: notice of change in polling place location. (FE)

Elections

  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 current law, polling places are required to be established for each

election at least 30 days before the election.

Under this bill, if a polling place changes its location after an election, notice

of that change must be mailed to each residence the polling place serves no later than

30 days before the next election.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabrera (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Joers (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D)

7 cosponsors

Andraca (D) , Clancy (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacobson (D) , Larson (D) , Madison (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Passed 7–1 Mar 14, 2024 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. Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Haywood, Sinicki, Emerson, Subeck, Ortiz-Velez, Ratcliff, Ohnstad, Cabrera, Palmeri, Drake, Joers, J. Anderson and Shankland; cosponsored by Senators Spreitzer, Larson and Hesselbein

  2. Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 24, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Clancy added as a coauthor

  5. Oct 26, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Andraca added as a coauthor

  6. Nov 2, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Madison added as a coauthor

  8. Dec 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor

  9. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Mar 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Mar 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  12. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1