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2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1017

AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTION ADMINISTRATION REGARDING REDISTRICTING.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 14, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) make permanent the use of absentee ballot drop boxes initially used during the 2020 election cycle, (2) bring certain state laws relating to the circulation of nominating and primary petitions into compliance with federal case law, (3) in the case of nominations for judges of probate and members of Congress, reduce the time by which a person other than a party-endorsed candidate can file a candidacy for nomination in order for a primary to be held, (4) require the Secretary of the State to develop a system through which election-related forms can be signed electronically, (5) include absentee ballot central counting locations in post-election audits of voting districts, (6) allow the Secretary to suspend supervised absentee voting during certain emergencies, (7) require the Secretary to review local election officials' implementation of redistricting plans, (8) require the Secretary to provide accessible absentee ballots to certain visually impaired electors, (9) require all municipal elections to be held in November, and (10) allow the Governor to issue writs of election 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

    1 co-sponsor

    Dorinda Borer

    Its course

    March 4 to May 14, 2021, 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 action13 actions on 8 days

    In the SenateMar 4 to May 1370 days

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMar 4 to Apr 532 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMay 13 to May 14 · stopped1 day

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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    What happened

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

    In the Senate Mar 4 – May 13

    1. Mar 4Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Mar 5Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Apr 5Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. May 13Passed the Senate

    In the House of Representatives May 14

    1. May 14Arrived in the House of Representatives
    All 13 actions, as published
    1. Mar 4REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 5PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Apr 5Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Apr 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 16REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 22RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 22FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Apr 22SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Apr 22FILE NO.Both houses
    10. May 13SENATE PASSEDSenate
    11. May 13ON CONSENT CALENDARSenate
    12. May 14FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    13. May 14HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives