SB 562 -  Harassment of Election Workers

General Bill by Rouson (CO-SPONSORS) Davis
Harassment of Election Workers: Prohibiting a person from intimidating, threatening, coercing, harassing, or attempting to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or harass an election worker with specified intent; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Effective Date: 10/01/2024
Last Event: 03/08/24 S Died in Rules on Friday, March 8, 2024 2:25 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Ethics and Elections
    • On agenda for: 02/05/24 2:30 PM
    • Favorable With Amendment(s) (1) (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Rules
    • On agenda for: 02/21/24 9:00 AM

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 721 Subject: Harassment of Election Workers Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Original Filed Version
    • D 933688 , Ethics and Elections, Rouson Date Filed: 01/31/24, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Favorable 02/05/2024 05:19 PM
    • SD 127354 , Rules, Rouson Date Filed: 02/20/24, Line#: 0

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 2/20/2024 7:31:22 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 2/5/2024 5:01:54 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 2/2/2024 1:08:08 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Rules Time: 03/08/2024 - 2:25 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/21/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 02/16/2024 - 3:50 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 02/05/2024 - 5:48 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Rules Time: 02/05/2024 - 5:48 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S Original reference(s) removed: Criminal Justice Time: 02/05/2024 - 5:48 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments) Time: 02/05/2024 - 5:07 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Ethics and Elections (933688); YEAS 8 NAYS 0 Time: 02/05/2024 - 4:18 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/06/24, 11:30 am, 37 Senate Building --Not Received Time: 02/01/2024 - 5:38 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/05/24, 2:30 pm, 37 Senate Building Time: 01/31/2024 - 2:36 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Introduced Time: 01/09/2024 - 9:37 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Ethics and Elections; Criminal Justice; Rules Time: 12/05/2023 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/21/2023 - 12:34 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
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