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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 897

AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR ELECTORS TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Government Administration and Elections Committee on April 5, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To expand eligibility for absentee ballot voting to any elector who is absent from his or her town of voting residence for any reason and at any time during the hours of voting at an election, primary or referendum.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    James M. Albis

    Its course

    February 22 to April 5, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action11 actions on 6 days

    In the SenateFeb 22 to Apr 5 · stopped42 days

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeFeb 22 to Apr 5 · stopped42 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 22 – Apr 5

    1. Feb 22Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Mar 2Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Mar 17Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
    4. A motion to recommend it failed
    5. Apr 5Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
    6. Arrived in the House of Representatives
    All 11 actions, as published
    1. Feb 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 2PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 17House FavorableHouse of Representatives
    4. Mar 17MOTION FAILEDHouse of Representatives
    5. Mar 22FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    6. Mar 30REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    7. Apr 5RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    8. Apr 5FAV. RPT. HOUSE COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 5TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    10. Apr 5HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    11. Apr 5FILE NO.Both houses