Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 11, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 5311
AN ACT CONCERNING THE COUNTING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) eliminate an elector's marking of an absentee ballot in such a manner as to disclose the identity of such elector as a reason to reject such absentee ballot, (2) provide that whenever multiple absentee ballot sets have been issued to an elector only the ballot last received by the municipal clerk shall be counted, and (3) require that the municipal clerk retrieve absentee ballots from drop boxes at the close of the polls at an election, primary or referendum.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 28 to April 11, 2024, 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 action9 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 28 to Apr 11 · stopped43 days
Government Administration and Elections CommitteeFeb 28 to Mar 2627 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 Feb 28 – Mar 26
- Feb 28Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
- Feb 29Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
- Mar 26Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published
- Feb 28REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 29PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 26Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- Mar 27FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 5REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 11RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 11FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Apr 11HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Apr 11FILE NO.Both houses