Bill Sponsors: PA SB48 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session

Bill Title: In ballots, further providing for form of official election ballot and for number of ballots to be printed and specimen ballots; in voting machines, further providing for requirements of voting machines and for form of ballot labels on voting machines; in electronic voting systems, further providing for requirements of electronic voting systems, for forms and for election day procedures and the process of voting; providing for voting systems and for voting systems bonds; establishing the County Voting System Reimbursement Account; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for instructions of voters and manner of voting in districts in which voting machines are used, for count and return of votes in districts in which ballots are used and for what ballots shall be counted, manner of counting and defective ballots; and, in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for date of application for absentee ballot, for approval of application for absentee ballot, for voting by absentee electors, for canvassing of official absentee ballots and for public records.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-09-23 - Bill, together with Governor's Veto Message, laid on the table [SB48 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator John Gordner [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-027FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Michael Folmer [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-048FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Wayne Langerholc [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-035FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Scott Martin [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-013FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Scott Hutchinson [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-021FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Giovanni DiSanto [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-015FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Gene Yaw [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-023FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Camera Bartolotta [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-046FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Kim Ward [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-039FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Donald White [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-041FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Patrick Stefano [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-032FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Judith Ward [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-030FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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