CS/SB 598 (2017) -  Canvassing of Provisional Ballots

General Bill by Ethics and Elections and Gibson
Canvassing of Provisional Ballots: Revising a reference to the deadline for a person who cast a provisional ballot to present evidence verifying authenticity of certain information in a voter registration application, to conform; requiring the supervisor to allow a person who voted a provisional ballot to present identification and submit an affidavit to cure an unsigned Provisional Ballot Voter’s Certificate and Affirmation or a provisional ballot rejected due to a signature discrepancy, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2017
Last Event: 05/05/17 S Died in Judiciary on Friday, May 5, 2017 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Ethics and Elections
    • On agenda for: 04/04/17 9:30 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Judiciary
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 733 Subject: Elections Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 4/5/2017 2:40:13 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 4/3/2017 9:19:13 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Judiciary Time: 05/05/2017 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/05/2017 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Judiciary -SJ 300 Time: 04/06/2017 - 1:05 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 301 Time: 04/05/2017 - 4:48 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/05/2017 - 2:59 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: c1
Event: S CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 300 Time: 04/04/2017 - 11:11 AM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/04/17, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 03/30/2017 - 5:07 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 78 Time: 03/07/2017 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 78 Time: 02/09/2017 - 2:28 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/30/2017 - 2:26 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
97.053 HB 733
101.048 HB 733

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