CS/CS/SB 268 (2019) -  Voting Methods

General Bill by Community Affairs and Ethics and Elections and Baxley
Voting Methods: Authorizing voting to be conducted using a voter interface device that produces a voter-verifiable paper output; revising requirements for Department of State rules regarding manual recounts of certain ballots, etc.
Effective Date: 01/01/2020
Last Event: 05/03/19 S Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162) on Friday, May 3, 2019 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Ethics and Elections
    • On agenda for: 02/05/19 2:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 03/05/19 2:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 689 Subject: Voting Methods Relationship: Identical
Bill #: CS/HB 7101 Subject: Elections Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 7066 Subject: Election Administration Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 2
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • D 344688 , Community Affairs, Baxley Date Filed: 03/04/19, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/07/2019 11:17 AM
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 381534 , Ethics and Elections, Baxley Date Filed: 01/31/19, Line#: 9 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/05/2019 05:17 PM
    • AA 895386 , Ethics and Elections, Rodriguez Date Filed: 02/04/19, Line#: 9 Senate(c): Withdrawn 02/05/2019 05:17 PM
    • A 325334 , Ethics and Elections, Rodriguez Date Filed: 02/04/19, Line#: 12 Senate(c): Withdrawn 02/05/2019 05:17 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 3/7/2019 11:18:13 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 3/4/2019 4:25:59 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 2/6/2019 11:00:42 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 1/31/2019 11:16:55 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162) Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 189 Time: 03/07/2019 - 5:59 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c2
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 03/07/2019 - 3:25 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/07/2019 - 11:29 AM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c2
Event: S CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 153 Time: 03/05/2019 - 7:22 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: c1
Event: S CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 187 Time: 03/05/2019 - 4:51 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Introduced -SJ 52 Time: 03/05/2019 - 8:20 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/05/19, 2:30 pm, 301 Senate Building Time: 02/28/2019 - 3:57 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Now in Community Affairs Time: 02/06/2019 - 4:36 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/06/2019 - 12:41 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: c1
Event: S CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 159 Time: 02/05/2019 - 4:10 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/05/19, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/28/2019 - 4:19 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 52 Time: 01/22/2019 - 10:14 AM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/09/2019 - 10:31 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
97.021 CS/CS/HB 5, SB 556, SB 582, CS/HB 689, HB 881, CS/SB 7066, CS/HB 7101, CS/HB 7111
101.56075 CS/HB 689, CS/SB 7066, CS/HB 7101
102.166 SB 582, CS/HB 689, HB 881, SB 1386, CS/SB 7066, CS/HB 7101