CS/SB 962 (2007) -  Voting Systems [LPCC]

General Bill by Ethics and Elections and Constantine and Justice
Voting Systems [LPCC]: authorizes use of ballot-on-demand technology to produce certain marksense ballots; requires all voting to be by marksense ballot; provides exemption for voters with disabilities; requires use of certain marksense ballots for pre-election testing; requiring post-election, random audits of voting systems; authorizes Dept. of State to purchase optical scan voting equipment & ballot-on-demand equipment for certain counties, etc. Amends Ch. 101.
Effective Date: Upon becoming law except as otherwise provided
Last Event: 05/04/07 S Died in Committee on Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 537 (Ch. 2007-30) on Friday, May 4, 2007 4:12 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Ethics and Elections
    • On agenda for: 04/17/07 2:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 213 Subject: Elections Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/HB 537 Subject: Elections Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 960 Subject: Elections [LPCC] Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 1174 Subject: Electronic Voting Systems [LPCC] Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 2164 Subject: Voting Systems [LPCC] Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 4/19/2007 12:05:11 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 4/16/2007 6:19:12 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Committee on Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 537 (Ch. 2007-30) Time: 05/04/2007 - 4:12 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Time: 04/19/2007 - 6:55 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 00516 Time: 04/19/2007 - 6:52 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) Time: 04/19/2007 - 3:33 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS read 1st time on 04/19/07 -SJ 00492 Time: 04/17/2007 - 7:07 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00491 Time: 04/17/2007 - 5:20 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/17/07, 2:00 pm, 412-K Time: 04/12/2007 - 6:17 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/10/07, 9:30 am, 412-K --Workshop-Discussed Time: 04/05/2007 - 4:43 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules -SJ 00058 Time: 03/06/2007 - 6:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules Time: 02/08/2007 - 2:26 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Filed Time: 01/26/2007 - 11:22 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
0101.151 SB 494, CS/CS/SB 960, SB 1606
0101.56075 CS/CS/SB 960, CS/SB 1174, SB 2164
0101.5612 CS/CS/SB 960
0101.591 CS/CS/SB 960, CS/SB 1174, SB 2164