SB 2726 (2008) -  Presidential Preference Primary Elections [LPCC]

General Bill by Dockery (CO-SPONSORS) Jones; King; Villalobos; Garcia; Justice; Bullard; Bennett; Aronberg; Dean
Presidential Preference Primary Elections [LPCC]: Provides that a voter who has no party affiliation may vote in either the Republican or Democratic primary. Authorizes each contest of a contested Republican or Democratic primary to be treated as a universal primary contest pursuant to the State Constitution for purposes of tabulating and reporting results, etc.
Effective Date: 01/01/2009
Last Event: 04/16/08 S Unfavorable by Judiciary, laid on Table; YEAS 3 NAYS 5 -SJ 00686 on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:06 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Ethics and Elections
    • On agenda for: 04/08/08 11:30 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 1
  • Judiciary
    • On agenda for: 04/16/08 3:30 PM
    • Unfavorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 3   Nays 5
  • Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 1189 Subject: Presidential Preference Primary Elections Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 4/17/2008 9:26:49 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 4/8/2008 2:43:00 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Unfavorable by Judiciary, laid on Table; YEAS 3 NAYS 5 -SJ 00686 Time: 04/16/2008 - 6:06 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/16/08, 3:30 pm, 110-S Time: 04/11/2008 - 3:38 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Judiciary -SJ 00478 Time: 04/08/2008 - 4:32 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 -SJ 00478 Time: 04/08/2008 - 1:04 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/08/08, 11:30 am, 412-K Time: 04/03/2008 - 5:22 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/01/08, 1:00 pm, 412-K --Temporarily postponed Time: 03/27/2008 - 4:01 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 00305 Time: 03/20/2008 - 9:51 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 03/03/2008 - 9:49 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
0103.101 CS/CS/SB 866