IN SB0417 | 2017 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on April 13 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-13 - Public Law 71
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Summary

Early absentee in-person voting. Provides that, whenever a county that uses electronic poll books offers early absentee in-person voting on an electronic voting system, the county may comply with the requirement that there is a procedure to ensure that an invalid ballot is not counted by: (1) requiring each voter to make and subscribe to an affidavit that includes a unique identifier; or (2) establishing a procedure to produce a document, label, or electronic record that is associated with each voter and includes a unique identifier. Requires a county to file with the election division a copy of the affidavit

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Title

Early absentee in-person voting. Provides that, whenever a county that uses electronic poll books offers early absentee in-person voting on an electronic voting system, the county may comply with the requirement that there is a procedure to ensure that an invalid ballot is not counted by: (1) requiring each voter to make and subscribe to an affidavit that includes a unique identifier; or (2) establishing a procedure to produce a document, label, or electronic record that is associated with each voter and includes a unique identifier. Requires a county to file with the election division a copy of the affidavit

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2017-03-21 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 93 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2017-03-20 - House - House Floor - (Y: 64 N: 27 NV: 6 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2017-03-15 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-01-30 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-04-13SenatePublic Law 71
2017-04-13SenateSigned by the Governor
2017-04-12SenateSigned by the President of the Senate
2017-04-10HouseSigned by the Speaker
2017-03-27SenateSigned by the President Pro Tempore
2017-03-22HouseReturned to the Senate without amendments
2017-03-21HouseThird reading: passed; Roll Call 293: yeas 93, nays 3
2017-03-20HouseAmendment #1 (Hatfield) ruled out of order
2017-03-20HouseSecond reading: ordered engrossed
2017-03-16HouseRepresentative Richardson added as cosponsor
2017-03-16HouseCommittee report: do pass, adopted
2017-02-28HouseFirst reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
2017-02-08SenateReferred to the House
2017-02-06SenateCosponsor: Representative Burton
2017-02-06SenateHouse sponsor: Representative Smith M
2017-02-06SenateThird reading: passed; Roll Call 71: yeas 48, nays 0
2017-02-02SenateSenator Brown L added as second author
2017-02-02SenateSecond reading: ordered engrossed
2017-01-31SenateCommittee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-01-10SenateFirst reading: referred to Committee on Elections
2017-01-10SenateAuthored by Senator Walker

Indiana State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/417/details
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/6/2/4/76245a5e/SB0417.01.INTR.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/f/5/c/9f5c04ee/SB0417.01.INTR.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/e/c/1/fec152a5/SB0417.02.COMS.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/a/4/a/fa4a20f8/SB0417.02.COMS.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/a/2/c/7a2c08c3/SB0417.03.COMH.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/f/c/b/5fcbc57e/SB0417.03.COMH.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/4/5/c/d45c3d10/SB0417.04.ENRH.pdf
Roll Callhttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/f/7/8/2f786901/SB0417.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Callhttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/d/d/d/cddd5ea6/SB0417.71.pdf
Roll Callhttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/4/d/e/b4deebe4/SB0417.02.COMS.00.pdf
Roll Callhttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/e/7/c3e7f7ed/SB0417.272.pdf
Roll Callhttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/8/e/f/98efb25c/SB0417.293.pdf

Bill Comments

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