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HB 1678 Election day; extending polling hours from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., provisions.
Introduced by: Joseph C. Lindsey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Election day; extending polling hours. Extends from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. the time at which polls close on election day. The bill aligns candidate filing deadlines and party nomination deadlines with the closing of polls. The bill provides that these changes will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2021 Session of the General Assembly. The bill incorporates HB 1643.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20102034D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107627D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1678ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/17/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20102034D
- 01/17/20 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/21/20 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 02/04/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107627D-H1
- 02/07/20 House: Incorporates HB1643 (Ayala)
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107627D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1678H1
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House (65-Y 35-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/25/20 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/20 Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1678ER)
- 03/06/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/06/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 720 (effective - see bill)
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720)