ELEC CODE-STUDENT VOTE
Summary
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a student entitled to vote in a primary, general, or special election or at any election at which propositions are submitted to a popular vote in the State, with consent from his or her school, is entitled to absent himself or herself for 2 hours to vote and that the school may specify the hours in which the student may absent himself or herself. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Election Code. Provides that a student entitled to vote in a primary, general, special election, or any election at which propositions are submitted to a popular vote in this State is entitled to be absent from school for 2 hours to vote on a day in which early voting is offered or on the day of the election. Provides that the school may specify the hours in which the student may be absent. Provides that a student who is absent from school to vote is not considered absent for the purposes of calculating enrollment under evidence-based funding in the School Code.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2019
Committee Review
Oct 2019
Senate Passage
Oct 2019
House Passage
Oct 2019
Signed into Law
Jan 2020
Introduced Apr 11, 2019
Signed Jan 23, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2019 · House Oct 29, 2019
How they voted
30–10
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 48
Apr 10, 2019
D
Democratic30
86% Yea
R
Republican18
55% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
54
Key actions
7
Committee
10
Amendments
4
Jan 23, 2020
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
Oct 29, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
Oct 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
lower
Oct 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Executive Committee; Rep. Gregory Harris
lower
Oct 28, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Executive Committee
lower
May 10, 2019
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 30, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Executive Committee
lower
Apr 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 10, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (30-10-8)
senate
Apr 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Sims
upper
Apr 4, 2019
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 014-002-000
upper
Apr 3, 2019
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
upper
Mar 28, 2019
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 28, 2019
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
upper
Mar 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Executive; 014-001-003
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Executive
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 15 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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