Florida House Bill 25 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7013 (Ch. 2013-57)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises provisions regulating third-party voter registration organizations; reduces time that candidate must not have been registered member or candidate for nomination for any other political party before qualifying for office; permits elector to vote regular ballot at polling place in precinct to which he or she has moved by completing affirmation; deletes requirement that elector's change of residence must occur within same county for elector to vote in new precinct; deletes authorization for placement of full text of proposed constitutional amendment or revision on ballot; requires court to remove proposed amendment from ballot once all ballot statements are determined to be defective & all appeals are exhausted; deletes authority for Attorney General to revise ballot title or summary; deletes legal presumption for ballot statement; expands list of available early voting sites; provides requirements for determining number of early voting sites; increases number of days & hours for early voting; increases evidence that circuit court may consider when reviewing canvassing board's decision concerning legality of absentee ballot that involves elector's signature.

Elections

Sen. Lori Berman [D]	Sen. Daphne Campbell [D]	Rep. Mark Danish [D]	Rep. Dwight Dudley [D]
Rep. Larry Lee [D]	Sen. Bobby Powell [D]	Rep. Sharon Pritchett [D]	Sen. Kevin Rader [D]
Rep. Hazelle Rogers [D]	Sen. Linda Stewart [D]	Rep. Clovis Watson [D]	Sen. Darryl Rouson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Ethics and Elections Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7013 (Ch. 2013-57)
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-01-11	House	Referred to Ethics and Elections Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee
2012-12-06	House	Filed

S0388 (Same As) 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7013 (Ch. 2013-57)
H0397 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7013 (Ch. 2013-57)
H0449 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections Subcommittee
H1045 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7013 (Ch. 2013-57)
H1259 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections Subcommittee
H7013 (Similar To) 2013-05-21 - Chapter No. 2013-57
S0080 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7013 (Ch. 2013-57)
S0082 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7013 (Ch. 2013-57)
S0176 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections
S0600 (Similar To) 2013-04-16 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7013 (Ch. 2013-57)
S0668 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7013 (Ch. 2013-57)
S0782 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections
S0888 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections
S1198 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7013 (Ch. 2013-57)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
101	045		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	161		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	657		Amended Code	See Bill Text
102	168		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	0575		Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	021		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/25
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0025/BillText/Filed/PDF