IN HB1044 | 2018 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
Pending: House Elections and Apportionment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Various election law matters. Provides that voter registration closes after the twenty-first day before the date of an election rather than after the twenty-ninth day before the date of an election. Provides that early voting begins on the eighteenth day before an election rather than the twenty-eighth day before an election. Increases the maximum civil penalty for a delinquent filing of a preprimary or pre-election campaign finance report from $1,000 to $1,250 (and in some cases, $2,500). Provides for staggering the terms of the members of township boards (other than township boards in Marion County), beginning with the 2022 general

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Title

Various election law matters. Provides that voter registration closes after the twenty-first day before the date of an election rather than after the twenty-ninth day before the date of an election. Provides that early voting begins on the eighteenth day before an election rather than the twenty-eighth day before an election. Increases the maximum civil penalty for a delinquent filing of a preprimary or pre-election campaign finance report from $1,000 to $1,250 (and in some cases, $2,500). Provides for staggering the terms of the members of township boards (other than township boards in Marion County), beginning with the 2022 general

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History

DateChamberAction
2018-01-03HouseFirst reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
2018-01-03HouseAuthored by Representative Thompson

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