AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Establish that a candidate who has filed nomination papers on or before January 5, 2024, and whose precinct name or number has changed since November 8, 2023, due to reapportionment and precinct establishment shall not be disqualified based solely on precinct name or number designation; RETROACTIVE to November 8, 2023; EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Jan 2024
House Passage
Jan 2024
Senate Passage
Jan 2024
Signed into Law
Jan 2024
Introduced Jan 4, 2024
Signed Jan 18, 2024
Floor votes · House Jan 8, 2024
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Jan 18, 2024
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 1)
lower
Jan 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Jan 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Jan 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 34-0
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
to State & Local Government (S)
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 94-0
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, to Rules
lower
Jan 5, 2024
Committee
to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
lower
Jan 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2024
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
11 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Beverly Chester-Burton
DDemocratic
P
Cherlynn Stevenson
DDemocratic
P
David Meade
RRepublican
P
David Osborne
RRepublican
P
Derrick Graham
DDemocratic
P
George Brown
DDemocratic
P
Jason Nemes
RRepublican
P
Josh Branscum
RRepublican
P
Michael Meredith
RRepublican
P
Rachel Roberts
DDemocratic
P
Steven Rudy
RRepublican
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