Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Government Administration and Elections Committee on March 2, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 898
AN ACT CONCERNING MODIFICATIONS AND REVISIONS TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION LAWS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) classify as "unassigned" the multiple votes an elector may cast on the ballot for cross-endorsed candidates, (2) require the Secretary of the State to publish and archive on the Internet any declaratory ruling, opinion or interpretation of the Secretary concerning any regulation or instruction for the conduct of elections, (3) make changes to current practices of training registrars of voters, (4) require selection of districts for audit to take place within seventy-two hours after an election or primary, (5) permit the Secretary to consult experts in the field of election administration technology in reviewing certain electronic devices used at elections, (6) require the Secretary to provide training on any new technology to be used at an election prior to such election, and (7) clarify dates certain after which new enrollees in a party may not be used computing the number of signatures required on nominating petitions.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 22 to March 2, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 22 to Mar 2 · stopped8 days
Government Administration and Elections CommitteeFeb 22 to Mar 2 · stopped8 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 – Mar 2
- Feb 22Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
- Mar 2Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 2PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses