SB1245
Absentee voting; establishment of drop-off locations preprocessing returned absentee ballots.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Absentee voting; establishment of drop-off locations; preprocessing of returned absentee ballots before election day; cure process; accessibility for voters with visual impairment or print disability.
Requires certain actions to be taken to process absentee ballots returned before the day of an election, including verifying the correct completion of the voter affirmation statement, and provides for an opportunity for an absentee voter to make corrections to the statement in certain circumstances. The bill requires the establishment ... (More) of drop-off locations. Additionally, a central absentee voter precinct is required to be established in each locality; currently, establishment is optional. On the day of the election, officers of election are required to begin processing absentee ballots in the central absentee voter precincts prior to the close of polls, but no ballot vote counts are permitted to be transmitted outside of the central absentee voter precinct prior to the close of polls; a violation of such prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill requires a ballot marking tool with screen reader assistive technology to be made available for absentee voters with a print disability. The Department of Elections is directed to convene a work group to consider and evaluate methods for sorting absentee ballots by precinct and reporting absentee ballot totals by precincts. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/11/2021 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100967D
- 01/11/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/22/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1245)
- 01/26/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/26/2021 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/26/2021 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103751D-S1
- 01/28/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2021 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/2021 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/29/2021 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103751D-S1
- 01/29/2021 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1245S1
- 02/01/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1245S1)
- 02/01/2021 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2021 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/2021 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/08/2021 - House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections
- 02/10/2021 - House: Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
- 02/16/2021 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/16/2021 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/17/2021 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/17/2021 - House: Committee substitute printed 21200180D-H1
- 02/19/2021 - House: Read second time
- 02/19/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1245H1)
- 02/22/2021 - House: Read third time
- 02/22/2021 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 21200180D-H1
- 02/22/2021 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1245H1
- 02/22/2021 - House: Passed House with substitute (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/22/2021 - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/23/2021 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/23/2021 - Senate: Title replaced 21200180D-H1
- 02/25/2021 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/25/2021 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1245ER)
- 02/25/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1245ER)
- 02/25/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/2021 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House reprinted (SB1245ER)
- 02/26/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/2021 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 03/01/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/31/2021 - Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/07/2021 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/07/2021 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (55-Y 45-N)
- 04/07/2021 - House: VOTE: Agree To (55-Y 45-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/07/2021 - Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/07/2021 - Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/07/2021 - Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1245ER2)
- 04/07/2021 - Senate: Reenrolled bill text reprinted (SB1245ER2)
- 04/07/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/07/2021 - Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/07/2021 - House: Enacted, Chapter 522 (effective 7/1/21)
- 04/07/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0522)
- 04/07/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0522)
