SB74Introduced in the Senate
Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-482)
Introduced by Legislative Operations and Elections
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to elections; defining the term current and valid for purposes of certain documentation relating to elections; authorizing an active registered voter to request a mail ballot under certain emergency circumstances; revising eligibility to be a candidate of a major political party; setting forth the form of a declaration of candidacy for certain candidates; revising the methods for paying candidate filing fees; revising the information required to be contained in election notices; revising provisions relating to election boards; revising provisions relating to the provision or reimbursement of certain expenses related to training on elections procedures; revising provisions relating to when certain candidates may be declared elected at a primary election; revising provisions relating to ballots and standards for counting votes; revising provisions relating to an application to preregister or register to vote; revising provisions relating to the designation of persons who are not affiliated with a political party; revising provisions relating to updating voter registration information; revising provisions relating to certain crimes relating to elections; requiring the Secretary of State to adopt a cyber-incident response plan; authorizing certain elderly persons to request that certain personal information be kept confidential; revising provisions relating to the testing of certain equipment; revising the deadline by which a withdrawal of candidacy must be presented by certain candidates; revising provisions relating campaign contributions for certain special elections; making various other changes relating to elections; providing a penalty; making an appropriation to the Contingency Account for allocation to the Secretary of State for certain costs relating to training on elections procedures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Fourth reprint.
June 4, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
AssemblyStage: Assembly Final Passage · June 2, 2025
28
Yes
14
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
42 assemblymembers recorded in this Assembly vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each assemblymember voted
| Assemblymember | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Daniele Monroe-Moreno | 1 | Yes |
| Heidi Kasama | 2 | No |
| Selena Torres-Fossett | 3 | Yes |
| Lisa Cole | 4 | Yes |
| Brittney Miller | 5 | Yes |
| Jovan Jackson | 6 | Yes |
| Tanya Flanagan | 7 | Yes |
| Duy Nguyen | 8 | Yes |
| Steve Yeager | 9 | Yes |
| Venise Karris | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.
From printer.
Read first time. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 344.)
Notice of eligibility for exemption.
Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on General File.
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 785.)
Reprinting dispensed with.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 7, Excused: 1.) To printer.
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
In Assembly.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.
Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means.
Action of rereferral rescinded.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 926.)
Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means.
To printer.
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint.
To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on General File.
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 974.)
Dispensed with reprinting.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 14.)
(No further action taken.)
To printer.
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Fourth reprint.
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