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2023 Regular Session

House Bill 6871

AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTION RECANVASS PROCEDURES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on May 19, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) require that at least one voting tabulator be used in each voting district, (2) require the Secretary of the State to develop and distribute an instructional training video on recanvass procedures, (3) allow recanvasses to be conducted five business days after moderators submit duplicate lists to the Secretary, (4) prohibit recanvasses from commencing later than twelve o'clock noon on any such day, and (5) provide that party representatives present at recanvasses have a right to view each recanvassed ballot so as to be able to discern the markings on such ballot.

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

2 co-sponsors

William Pizzuto, Henry J. Genga

Its course

March 3 to May 19, 2023, 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 action20 actions on 11 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 3 to May 1775 days

Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMar 3 to Mar 1512 days

Appropriations CommitteeApr 25 to May 16 days

In the SenateMay 17 to May 19 · stopped2 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted May 17

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 Mar 3 – May 17

  1. Mar 3Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
  2. Mar 6Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
  3. Mar 15Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
  4. Apr 25Sent to Appropriations Committee
  5. May 1Appropriations Committee recommended it
  6. May 17The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
  7. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

In the Senate May 19

  1. May 19Arrived in the Senate
All 20 actions, as published
  1. Mar 3REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 6PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 15Joint FavorableBoth houses
  4. Mar 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 22REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Mar 28RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Mar 28FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 28HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 28FILE NO.Both houses
  10. Apr 25REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  11. May 1Joint FavorableBoth houses
  12. May 2FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  13. May 2RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  14. May 2NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  15. May 2TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  16. May 17HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  17. May 17HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  18. May 19FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  19. May 19SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  20. May 19FILE NO.Both houses