SB 184 (2015) - Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot

General Bill by Evers (CO-SPONSORS) Gaetz

Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot: Authorizing absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to use the federal write-in absentee ballot in any state or local election; prohibiting the supervisor of elections from canvassing federal write-in absentee ballots from overseas voters in certain elections until 10 days after the date of the election; revising minimum requirements for Department of State rules used to determine what constitutes a valid vote on a federal write-in absentee ballot, etc.

SB Substituted for

HB 109 By Broxson

Effective Date: 07/01/2015

Last Event: 05/22/15 Chapter No. 2015-40 on Friday, May 22, 2015 9:25 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

Ethics and Elections
- On agenda for: 03/10/15 4:00 PM
- Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 10 Nays 0
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
- On agenda for: 03/17/15 9:00 AM
- Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 5 Nays 0
Fiscal Policy
- On agenda for: 03/26/15 9:00 AM
- Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 8 Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill #	Subject	Relationship
Bill #: HB 109	Subject: Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot	Relationship: Identical
Bill #: HB 1161	Subject: Elections	Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber	Committee
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Fiscal Policy 3/26/2015 11:30:16 AM
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Fiscal Policy 3/25/2015 9:05:05 AM
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security 3/17/2015 11:25:37 AM
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security 10/5/2015 12:28:33 PM
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Ethics and Elections 3/11/2015 1:55:00 PM
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Ethics and Elections 3/9/2015 3:50:03 PM

Vote History

Chamber	Date	Yeas	Nays	Action	Action 2	Vote Detail	Barcode
Chamber: Senate	Date: 04/02/2015 02:07 PM	Yeas: 37	Nays: 0	Action:	Action 2:	Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 3]	Barcode:
Chamber: House	Date: 04/22/2015 11:29 AM	Yeas: 118	Nays: 0	Action:	Action 2: Passage	Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 212]	Barcode:

Bill History

Event	Time	Member	Committee	Ver.
Event: Chapter No. 2015-40	Time: 05/22/2015 - 9:25 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: er
Event: Approved by Governor	Time: 05/21/2015 - 2:47 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: er
Event: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor	Time: 05/07/2015 - 2:55 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: er
Event: S Ordered enrolled -SJ 517	Time: 04/22/2015 - 1:21 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Message sent to senate	Time: 04/22/2015 - 1:15 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0	Time: 04/22/2015 - 11:29 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Read 3rd time	Time: 04/22/2015 - 11:26 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Added to Third Reading Calendar	Time: 04/21/2015 - 5:14 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Placed on 3rd reading	Time: 04/21/2015 - 2:14 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Read 2nd time	Time: 04/21/2015 - 2:14 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Substituted for HB 109	Time: 04/21/2015 - 2:14 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/21/2015)	Time: 04/17/2015 - 4:49 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Added to Second Reading Calendar	Time: 04/17/2015 - 2:11 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading	Time: 04/17/2015 - 2:11 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Bill referred to House Calendar	Time: 04/17/2015 - 10:44 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H In Messages	Time: 04/08/2015 - 6:37 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 327	Time: 04/02/2015 - 2:07 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Read 3rd time -SJ 326	Time: 04/02/2015 - 2:06 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Placed on 3rd reading	Time: 04/01/2015 - 2:52 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 312	Time: 04/01/2015 - 2:51 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/01/15	Time: 03/26/2015 - 12:51 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 259	Time: 03/26/2015 - 12:45 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 259	Time: 03/26/2015 - 10:58 AM	Member:	Committee: Fiscal Policy	Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/26/15, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building	Time: 03/23/2015 - 2:55 PM	Member:	Committee: Fiscal Policy	Version: __
Event: S Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 191	Time: 03/17/2015 - 12:53 PM	Member:	Committee: Fiscal Policy	Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 191	Time: 03/17/2015 - 10:52 AM	Member:	Committee: Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security	Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/17/15, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building	Time: 03/12/2015 - 3:52 PM	Member:	Committee: Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security	Version: __
Event: S Now in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security -SJ 191	Time: 03/11/2015 - 2:42 PM	Member:	Committee: Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security	Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 191	Time: 03/10/2015 - 5:07 PM	Member:	Committee: Ethics and Elections	Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/10/15, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building	Time: 03/05/2015 - 12:04 PM	Member:	Committee: Ethics and Elections	Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 44	Time: 03/03/2015 - 7:55 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Referred to Ethics and Elections; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Fiscal Policy -SJ 44	Time: 01/08/2015 - 2:41 PM	Member:	Committee: Ethics and Elections	Version: __
Event: S Filed	Time: 12/12/2014 - 3:24 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute	Other Bill Citations
101.6952	HB 109, SB 894, HB 971, HB 1161
102.166	HB 109, HB 1161