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Bill History for House Study Bill 58
A study bill relating to elections and voter registration by requiring the election of township officers on a nonpartisan basis, prohibiting the processing of certain voter registration applications, removing the requirement for separate entrances to buildings where polling places for more than one precinct are located, relating to use of voting machines or paper ballots at certain elections, requiring names of candidates for nonpartisan office to be printed on the ballot in alphabetical order, relating to information printed on a certain portion of the ballot, modifying opening hours of the polls at certain elections, allowing the voter's declaration of eligibility to be printed on the election register, striking the requirement that a voter's name be announced by a precinct election official, relating to the abstract of votes for county offices, relating to appointment of observers present when ballots are counted, allowing absentee voting at the commissioner's off
In State Government
January 25, 2005 | Recorded |
January 26, 2005 | State Government: Jacobs Chair, Taylor, T., Greiner, Wendt, Upmeyer, Boal, Gaskill |
All Related Bills to Selected Study Bill
Source Version | To Version |
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LSB 1580YC | House Study Bill 58 |
LSB 1580HV | House File 644 |
Bill History for House File 644
By COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
A bill for an act relating to elections and voter registration by making certain corrective changes, prohibiting the processing of certain voter registration applications, allowing certain voter registrations to be submitted after the deadline, removing the requirement for separate entrances to buildings where polling places for more than one precinct are located, requiring names of candidates for nonpartisan office to be printed on the ballot in alphabetical order, relating to information printed on a certain portion of the ballot, modifying opening hours of the polls at certain elections, allowing the voter's declaration of eligibility to be printed on the election register, relating to the abstract of votes for county offices, relating to appointment of observers present when ballots are counted, allowing absentee voting at the commissioner's office for part of the day of the election for certain elections, modifying the time period during which a person may request an absentee ballot, requiring the registered voter's date of birth on the absentee ballot application, clarifying that certain confined persons may vote an absentee ballot in person at the commissioner's office, changing the deadline for challenging an absentee voter's qualifications, relating to persons nominated for city office by write-in votes, repealing the provisions declaring it unlawful for an absentee voter to fail to return the voter's absentee ballot, and including an applicability date provision.
March 09, 2005 | Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 587. |
March 14, 2005 | Amendments H-1065, H-1067 filed. H.J. 668. |
March 15, 2005 | Amendment H-1077 filed. H.J. 701. |
March 16, 2005 | Amendment H-1067 lost. H.J. 741. |
March 16, 2005 | Amendment H-1065 adopted. H.J. 742. |
March 16, 2005 | Amendment H-1077 lost. H.J. 746. |
March 16, 2005 | Passed House, ayes 98, nays none. H.J. 746. |
March 23, 2005 | Explanation of vote. H.J. 876. |
March 16, 2005 | Immediate message. H.J. 747. |
March 17, 2005 | Message from House. S.J. 550. |
March 17, 2005 | Read first time, passed on file. S.J. 550. |
March 21, 2005 | Referred to State Government. S.J. 575. |
April 05, 2005 | Subcommittee, Danielson, Zieman, Hancock, and McKibben. S.J. 746. |
April 07, 2005 | Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 806. |
April 14, 2005 | Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 905. |
April 19, 2005 | Referred to State Government. S.J. 953. |
April 28, 2005 | Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. S.J. 1056. |
April 28, 2005 | Committee amendment S-3200 filed. S.J. 1057. |
April 28, 2005 | Amendment S-3201 filed, lost. S.J. 1064. |
April 28, 2005 | Point of order raised on S-3200, ruled in order. S.J. 1064. |
April 28, 2005 | Deferred. S.J. 1064. |
April 28, 2005 | Motion filed to reconsider vote on S-3201. S.J. 1073. |
May 20, 2005 | Referred to State Government. S.J. 1238. |
January 09, 2006 | * * * * * END OF 2005 ACTIONS * * * * * |