Requiring all voting systems for elections to use individual voter-verified paper ballots with a distinctive watermark.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 25, 2022
Last action May 23, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 15, 2022
How they voted
25–11
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
Mar 15, 2022
D
Democratic11
90% Nay
R
Republican27
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Mar 17, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Elections
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Mar 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 27 Nay: 11
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
upper
Jan 25, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Hilderbrand
RRepublican
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