Summary as passed Senate: (all summaries) Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the present statutory list of specific reasons entitling a voter to cast an absentee ballot for those persons who vote absentee by mail. This bill is identical to SB 8 and HB 309. This bill incorporates SB 8 and SB 646. Full text: 12/21/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087711248 pdf 01/30/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 087678248-S1 pdf Status: 12/21/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087711248 12/21/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections 01/29/08 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (10-Y 3-N) 01/30/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 087678248-S1 01/31/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/01/08 Senate: Read second time 02/01/08 Senate: Reading of substitute waived 02/01/08 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 087678248-S1 02/01/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB69S1 02/04/08 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) 02/04/08 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) 02/04/08 Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) 02/04/08 Senate: Communicated to House 02/12/08 House: Placed on Calendar 02/12/08 House: Read first time 02/12/08 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections 02/12/08 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections 03/10/08 House: Left in Privileges and Elections |