ELECTIONS-PETITION FILING TIME
Summary
Amends the Election Code. Requires that nomination petitions be filed not more than 106 days and not less than 102 days before a primary election or consolidated election (now, not more than 99 days and not less than 92 days before a general primary election and not more than 78 days and not less than 71 days before a consolidated primary election or consolidated election). Requires that certain public question petitions be filed not less than 106 (now, 78) days before a regular election in 2011 or thereafter. Permits the seeking of judicial review of a petition objection decision, with respect to elections in 2011 and thereafter, within 5 (now, 10) days after the decision. Effective immediately.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2010
Committee Review
May 2010
Senate Passage
May 2010
House Passage
May 2010
Signed into Law
Jul 2010
Introduced Mar 12, 2010
Signed Jul 6, 2010
Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2010 · House May 26, 2010
How they voted
33–18
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 54
May 27, 2010
D
Democratic34
94% Yea
R
Republican20
85% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
50
Key actions
9
Committee
11
Amendments
4
Jul 6, 2010
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 27, 2010
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 27, 2010
Upper · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 037-018-000
upper
May 27, 2010
Upper · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 008-004-000
upper
May 26, 2010
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive
upper
May 26, 2010
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
upper
May 26, 2010
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 27, 2010
upper
May 26, 2010
Introduced
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
upper
May 26, 2010
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (54-45-7)
house
May 25, 2010
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-003-000
lower
May 25, 2010
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
May 25, 2010
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
lower
May 24, 2010
Lower · Passed
Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 25 Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
lower
May 24, 2010
Committee
Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
lower
Mar 18, 2010
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 12, 2010
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Mar 3, 2010
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Elections; 007-000-000
upper
Feb 24, 2010
Committee
Assigned to Elections
upper
Feb 4, 2010
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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