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SB523

Voter identification; electronic pollbooks to contain photographs of voters, effective clause.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Mark Obenshain (R)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Voter identification; electronic pollbooks to contain photographs of voters.

Requires electronic pollbooks to contain the photographs of registered voters that are obtained by the general registrars in the production of voter photo identification cards or contained in a voter's Department of Motor Vehicles record. The bill also provides that if the electronic pollbook contains the voter's photograph, the officer of election is required to access that photograph and the voter is not required to present one of the statutorily required forms of identification. The bill prohibits lists of voters furnished pursuant to current law from containing any voter's photograph. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2019. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/09/2018 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103159D
  • 01/09/2018 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 01/16/2018 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB523)
  • 01/16/2018 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N)
  • 01/16/2018 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance
  • 01/24/2018 - Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (8-Y 5-N)
  • 01/25/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 01/26/2018 - Senate: Read second time
  • 01/26/2018 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
  • 01/26/2018 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
  • 01/26/2018 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB523E
  • 01/26/2018 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 18103159D-E
  • 01/29/2018 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 01/31/2018 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 01/31/2018 - House: Read first time
  • 01/31/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 02/06/2018 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB523E)
  • 02/08/2018 - House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
  • 02/20/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 2-N)
  • 02/20/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/23/2018 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (12-Y 9-N)
  • 02/23/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/23/2018 - House: Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
  • 02/26/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
  • 03/06/2018 - House: Left in Appropriations

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