Florida House Bill 109 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on December 16 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-04-21 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 184 (Ch. 2015-40)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes absent uniformed services voters & overseas voters to use federal write-in absentee ballot in state or local election; authorizes elector to vote on ballot measure in election using federal write-in absentee ballot; specifies that vote cast in judicial merit retention election is treated in same manner as vote on certain ballot measures; allows for minor variations in name of ballot measure; prohibits supervisor of elections from canvassing federal write-in absentee ballots from overseas voters in certain elections until specified period after date of election; revises minimum requirements for DOS rules used to determine what constitutes valid vote on federal write-in absentee ballot.

Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot

Sen. Douglas Broxson [R]	Rep. Brad Drake [R]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R]	Rep. Walter Hill [R]
Rep. Charles McBurney [R]	Rep. Larry Metz [R]	Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-21	House	Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 184 (Ch. 2015-40)
2015-04-21	House	Substituted SB 184
2015-04-17	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/15
2015-04-14	House	Placed on Calendar
2015-04-14	House	Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
2015-04-10	House	On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/14/15, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
2015-04-07	House	Now in State Affairs Committee
2015-04-07	House	Favorable by Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
2015-04-03	House	On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/07/15, 8:45 am, Reed Hall
2015-03-17	House	Now in Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee
2015-03-17	House	Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
2015-03-13	House	On Committee agenda-- Government Operations Subcommittee, 03/17/15, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
2015-03-03	House	Introduced
2015-01-08	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
2014-12-16	House	Filed

S0184 (Same As) 2015-05-22 - Chapter No. 2015-40
H1161 (Similar To) 2015-04-28 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 184 (Ch. 2015-40), CS/CS/SB 228 (Ch. 2015-36)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
101	6952		Amended Code	See Bill Text
102	166		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/109
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0109/BillText/Filed/PDF