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2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 233

AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTIONS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Government Administration and Elections Committee on February 24, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) require registrars of voters to certify certain information regarding designated locations for election day registration, permit the Secretary to order any changes deemed necessary for the effective conduct of election day registration and eliminate the requirement to perform a cross-check before admitting an applicant for election day registration, (2) permit applicants in line for election day registration prior to eight o'clock p.m. to be admitted as electors and cast a vote in a regular election, (3) restore, without the payment of certain fines, the electoral privileges of convicted felons who are on parole, (4) establish processes at certain state agencies for eligible individuals to automatically apply for voter registration, and (5) require the Secretary of the State to develop a system through which election-related forms can be signed electronically.

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

    7 co-sponsors

    David Michel, Cristin McCarthy Vahey, Josh Elliott, Christine Conley, Michael A. Winkler, Matt Blumenthal, Robyn A. Porter

    Its course

    February 21 to February 24, 2020, 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 21 to Feb 24 · stopped3 days

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeFeb 21 to Feb 24 · stopped3 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 21 – Feb 24

    1. Feb 21Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Feb 24Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    All 2 actions, as published
    1. Feb 21REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 24PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses