Protected voter status; certain evidence not required.
Summary
Protected voter status; certain evidence notrequired. Removes the requirement that a person who is in fearfor his personal safety from another person who has threatened orstalked him must provide evidence that he has filed a complaint witha magistrate or law-enforcement official against such other person in order to be granted protected voter status. The bill does not eliminate the requirement that he submit a signed written statementthat he is in fear for his personal safety for him to be grantedprotected voter status.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Dec 30, 2019
Signed Apr 6, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 6, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 27, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 710 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (19-Y 17-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Feb 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (73-Y 26-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Elections
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101468D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Sickles
DDemocratic
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