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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 379

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Knodl (R) , Nass (R) , Quinn (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Tomczyk (R)

13 cosponsors

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)

Full history

  1. Aug 9, 2023 · Senate

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

  2. Aug 9, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection

  3. Sep 21, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Maxey withdrawn as a cosponsor

  4. Oct 11, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1