Florida House Bill 1079 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Failed on May 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-02 - Died in Ethics and Elections Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Designates act as "Florida Voting Rights Act"; requires Attorney General or attorney of political subdivision to petition Supreme Court for review of any change in voting qualifications, prerequisites, standards, practices, or procedures; requires Supreme Court to enter judgment within specified timeframe; prohibits state or political subdivisions from enforcing change in voting before judgment is entered; provides that finding of specific intent to discriminate is not required to invalidate change; provides for judicial relief.

Elections

Rep. Reggie Fullwood [D]

Sen. Perry Thurston [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-02	House	Died in Ethics and Elections Subcommittee
2014-03-05	House	Referred to Ethics and Elections Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
2014-03-04	House	Introduced
2014-02-24	House	Filed

S1246 (Similar To) 2014-05-02 - Died in Ethics and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
97	029		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/1079
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/1079/BillText/Filed/PDF