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HB05001Introduced in the House

An Act Concerning Absentee Voting For All And Various Other Reforms Related To The Administration Of Elections.

Passed

Introduced by Government Administration and Elections Committee

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

To (1) remove the statutory restrictions on eligibility for absentee voting, (2) allow municipalities to provide by charter for quadrennial municipal elections, (3) authorize the Secretary of the State to recommend changes to procedures for in-person voter registration of disabled individuals, (4) permit assistant municipal clerks running for municipal clerk to perform their official duties on the day of an election, (5) provide for jointly temporarily relieving the registrars of voters of a municipality, (6) allow for Attorney General involvement in matters relating to subpoenas, warrants, other requests and alleged interference at elections, (7) permit the use of high-speed voting tabulators for recanvasses, (8) replace certain references to the Federal Election Commission with references to the Election Assistance Commission, (9) allow seventeen-year-olds who will attain the age of eighteen by the day of an election to vote early or by absentee at such election, (10) address applicability and Americans with Disabilities Act compliance of party rules filed with the Secretary, (11) provide for electronic ballot delivery and return for certain absentee voters, (12) amend the retrieval requirement for absentee ballots from drop boxes, (13) modify the availability time of primary petitions for certain municipal candidates, (14) amend the reasons for which, and the process by which, municipal clerks may be removed from office, (15) amend deadlines for the submission of municipal election returns and the conduct of post-election audits, (16) implement the recommendations of the risk-limiting audits working group, (17) authorize the State Elections Enforcement Commission to also investigate violations of elections-related regulations and not just violations of elections-related statutes, and (18) repeal a training requirement for registrars of voters.

Where it stands

Signed by the Governor

May 15, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

9 recorded votes · each counted separately

Chamber not recorded votes

9 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate Roll Call Vote 370 · May 6, 2026

25

Yes

11

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

36 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
John Fonfara1Yes
Douglas McCrory2Yes
Saud Anwar3Yes
MD Rahman4Yes
Derek Slap5Yes
Rick Lopes6Yes
John Kissel7No
Paul Honig8Yes
Matthew Lesser9Yes
Gary Winfield10Yes

Bill history

  1. Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections

  2. Public Hearing 03/13

  3. Joint Favorable Substitute

  4. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  5. Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26 5:00 PM

  6. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  7. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  8. House Calendar Number 348

  9. File Number 528

  10. Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations

  11. Joint Favorable

  12. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  13. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  14. No New File by Committee on Appropriations

  15. Tabled for the Calendar, House

  16. House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 4526

  17. House Rejected House Amendment Schedule B 4472

  18. House Rejected House Amendment Schedule C 4489

  19. House Rejected House Amendment Schedule D 4519

  20. Bill Passed Temporarily

  21. House Adopted House Amendment Schedule E 4660

  22. House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A,E

  23. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  24. Senate Calendar Number 460

  25. File Number 725

  26. Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A,E

  27. Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule A 6030

  28. Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule B 6005

  29. Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule C 6203

  30. Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule D 6012

  31. Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule E 6004

  32. Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule F 6007

  33. Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule G 6002

  34. Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule H 6026

  35. Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A,E

  36. In Concurrence

  37. Public Act 26-42

  38. Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  39. Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  40. Signed by the Governor

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