Florida House Bill 1079 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands list of available sites at which early voting may be held; deletes requirement that early voting site be designated & used as such for at least 1 year before election; requires that each county operate certain number of voting sites; revises beginning & ending dates of early voting; revises hours of early voting to 12 hours per weekday & 12 hours in aggregate each weekend at each site during applicable periods; deletes provisions that authorize supervisor of elections to provide early voting for certain elections & to determine hours of operation of early voting sites in those elections.

Early Voting

Rep. Joseph Gibbons [D]

Rep. Evan Jenne [D]

Rep. Alan Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 105
2012-01-09		Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 105
2011-12-19		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
101	657		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1079
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1079/BillText/Filed/PDF