Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to the mailing of absentee ballots
Topics:Elections & voting
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2022
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the mailing of absentee ballots. The bill allows a county commissioner of elections to begin mailing absentee ballots to voters who have requested them beginning the third business day before the twentieth day before the election. Current law provides that the commissioner shall mail an absentee ballot not more than days before the election.
House subcommittee
Named February 10, 2022. On February 15, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part