AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Allows local board of canvasser's discretion to substitute the physical posting in each voting district of senatorial district meetings, representative district meetings, and voting district meetings with publication in newspaper of local circulation.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Feb 9, 2022
Signed Jun 8, 2022
Floor votes · House May 17, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Jun 8, 2022
Became law
06/08/2022 Effective without Governor's signature
May 31, 2022
Senate · Passed
05/31/2022 Senate passed in concurrence
May 17, 2022
House · Passed
05/17/2022 House read and passed
May 10, 2022
Legislature · Reported by committee
05/10/2022 Committee recommends passage
Mar 24, 2022
Legislature · Failed in committee
03/24/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Feb 9, 2022
House · Introduced
02/09/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung
RRepublican
P
Brandon Potter
DDemocratic
P
Jackie Baginski
DDemocratic
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