l9n/ Connecticut

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 6063

AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE PROCESS OF VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 17, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) no longer require an absentee ballot applicant to also return an original of a completed application if such applicant has already submitted a copy thereof to the town clerk by facsimile machine or other electronic means, (2) allow two or more immediate family members who are absentee ballot applicants to return their ballots in a single envelope, and (3) require the Secretary of the State, municipal clerks and registrars of voters to study various aspects of absentee voting to make it easier and minimize ballot rejections.

Sponsors

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

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Mike France

Its course

January 24 to April 17, 2019, 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 action12 actions on 9 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 24 to Apr 17 · stopped83 days

Government Administration and Elections CommitteeJan 24 to Mar 2964 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 House of Representatives Jan 24 – Mar 29

  1. Jan 24Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
  2. Mar 19Drafted as a bill by Government Administration and Elections Committee
  3. Mar 20Sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
  4. Mar 21Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
  5. Mar 29Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Jan 24REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 19DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
  3. Mar 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  4. Mar 21PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  5. Mar 29Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  6. Apr 1FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  7. Feb 6Vote to DraftBoth houses
  8. Apr 11REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  9. Apr 17RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  10. Apr 17FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  11. Apr 17HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  12. Apr 17FILE NO.Both houses