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SB 0008 of 2021
(PA 0196 of 2022)
Senate BillElections: absent voters; definition of United States Department of Defense verified electronic signature; provide for. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 18a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0311'21
Last Action: 10/11/2022 - ASSIGNED PA 0196'22 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
SB 0009 of 2021Senate BillElections: absent voters; electronic return of absent voter ballots by military voters and their spouses; provide for. Amends sec. 759a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759a). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0008'21
Last Action: 01/13/2021 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
SB 0273 of 2021Senate BillElections: election officials; regulation of absent voter ballot drop boxes; provide for. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 761e & repeals sec. 761d of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.761d).
Last Action: 05/24/2022 - referred to second reading
SB 0278 of 2021Senate BillElections: absent voters; collection procedures for absent voter ballots deposited in an absent voter ballot drop box; modify. Amends sec. 761d of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.761d). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0273'21
Last Action: 05/24/2022 - referred to second reading
SB 0279 of 2021Senate BillElections: absent voters; absent voter counting boards; modify, and revise number of challengers allowed under certain circumstances. Amends secs. 730 & 764d of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.730 & 168.764d).
Last Action: 03/17/2022 - referred to Committee on Elections and Ethics
SB 0283 of 2021Senate BillElections: absent voters; pre-processing of absent voter ballots; authorize. Amends secs. 24k & 765 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.24k & 168.765).
Last Action: 03/24/2021 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
SB 0285 of 2021Senate BillElections: absent voters; identification for election purposes to obtain an absent voter ballot; require, and require a provisional ballot be issued to absent voters without identification for election purpose. Amends secs. 759, 759a, 759b & 761 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759 et seq.).
Last Action: 06/16/2021 - referred to Committee on Elections and Ethics
SB 0286 of 2021Senate BillElections: absent voters; deadline to submit absent voter ballots to an absent voter ballot drop box; provide for. Amends secs. 761d & 764a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.761d & 168.764a).
Last Action: 03/24/2021 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
SB 0287 of 2021Senate BillElections: election officials; prepaid postage on absent voter ballot return envelopes; prohibit. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 763.
Last Action: 03/24/2021 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
SB 0303 of 2021Senate BillElections: voting procedures; provisional ballot process; modify, require providing identification to obtain an absent voter ballot, prohibit the sending of unsolicited absent voter ballot applications to electors, and require elections to be funded with public money. Amends secs. 495, 523, 759, 759a, 759b, 761, 764b, 813 & 829 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.495 et seq.) & adds secs. 760a & 946.
Last Action: 11/02/2021 - POSTPONED FOR THE DAY
SB 0307 of 2021Senate BillElections: ballot proposals; providing the full text of a ballot proposal to a voter or absent voter; require. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding secs. 736h & 763a.
Last Action: 03/24/2021 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
SB 0310 of 2021Senate BillElections: absent voters; prohibition for secretary of state from sending or providing absent voter ballot applications to electors; provide for. Amends sec. 759 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759).
Last Action: 03/24/2021 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
SB 0311 of 2021
(PA 0197 of 2022)
Senate BillElections: absent voters; electronic return of absent voter ballots by military voters using Department of Defense Common Access Cards; allow. Amends sec. 759a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759a) . TIE BAR WITH: SB 0008'21
Last Action: 10/11/2022 - ASSIGNED PA 0197'22 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
SB 0313 of 2021Senate BillElections: absent voters; permanent absent voter list; require. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 759e.
Last Action: 03/24/2021 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
SB 0334 of 2021Senate BillElections: absent voters; pre-processing of absent voter ballots; allow. Amends secs. 24k & 765 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.24k & 168.765).
Last Action: 03/25/2021 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
SB 0696 of 2021Senate BillElections: absent voters; unauthorized opening, tampering with, relocating, or confiscating an absent voter ballot drop box; prohibit, and prohibit blocking, impeding, or obstructing an elector from using an absent voter ballot drop box. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 932g.
Last Action: 10/21/2021 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
HB 4132 of 2021House BillElections: offenses; certain felonies involving absent voter ballot applications; create. Amends sec. 759 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759).
Last Action: 02/17/2022 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
HB 4133 of 2021House BillCriminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for certain Michigan election law violations dealing with absent voter ballot applications; provide for. Amends sec. 11d, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.11d). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4132'21
Last Action: 02/17/2022 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
HB 4135 of 2021House BillElections: absent voters; absent voting counting boards in cities and townships with more than 1 election precinct; require. Amends sec. 765a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.765a).
Last Action: 03/10/2021 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
HB 4361 of 2021House BillElections: absent voters; permanent absent voter list; require Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 759e.
Last Action: 03/02/2021 - bill electronically reproduced 02/25/2021
HB 4362 of 2021House BillElections: absent voters; absent voter ballot process; revise. Amends secs. 661, 759, 759a, 761, 764a, 765, 765a, 765b, 766 & 767 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.661 et seq.); adds secs. 759e, 764e, 766a & 766b & repeals sec. 14b of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.14b).
Last Action: 03/02/2021 - bill electronically reproduced 02/25/2021
HB 4491 of 2021
(PA 195 of 2022)
House BillElections: absent voters; pre-processing of absent voter ballots before election day; provide for, modify provisions regarding absent voter ballot drop boxes, and allow county clerks to initiate the removal of deceased individuals from the qualified voter file. Amends secs. 14b, 24k, 509o, 510, 761d, 765 & 765b of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.14b et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0008'21, SB 0311'21
Last Action: 10/11/2022 - assigned PA 195'22 with immediate effect
HB 4510 of 2021House BillElections: polling places; an elector taking a photograph of himself or herself in a polling place or taking a photograph of his or her election ballot in a polling booth or election compartment; allow, and allow an absent voter to take a photograph of his or her election ballot. Amends secs. 579 & 738 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.579 & 168.738) & adds secs. 736h & 763.
Last Action: 03/16/2021 - bill electronically reproduced 03/11/2021
HB 4511 of 2021House BillElections: election officials; prohibition against an elected or appointed official's name and certain contact information on ballot-related materials; modify. Amends sec. 931a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.931a).
Last Action: 03/17/2021 - bill electronically reproduced 03/16/2021
HB 4839 of 2021House BillElections: absent voters; election options on absent voter ballot applications; modify and expand. Amends sec. 759 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759).
Last Action: 06/24/2021 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
HB 4952 of 2021House BillElections: absent voters; public access to absent voter counting boards; clarify and expand. Amends secs. 765a & 766 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.765a & 168.766) & adds secs. 801a & 801b.
Last Action: 06/02/2021 - bill electronically reproduced 06/01/2021
HB 5268 of 2021House BillElections: absent voters; sending unsolicited absent voter ballot applications; prohibit. Amends sec. 759 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759).
Last Action: 03/15/2022 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
HB 5288 of 2021House BillElections: absent voters; use of a digital or electronic signature to sign an absent voter ballot application; prohibit. Amends sec. 759 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759).
Last Action: 03/15/2022 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
HB 5513 of 2021House BillElections: absent voters; tabulating certain absent voter ballots received up to 72 hours after the close of the polls on election day; authorize. Amends secs. 759a, 764a & 765 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759a et seq.).
Last Action: 11/04/2021 - bill electronically reproduced 11/03/2021
HB 5514 of 2021House BillElections: absent voters; electronic return of absent voter ballots by military voters and their spouses; provide for. Amends sec. 759a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759a).
Last Action: 11/04/2021 - bill electronically reproduced 11/03/2021
HB 5515 of 2021House BillElections: absent voters; prepaid postage on absent voter ballot application return envelopes and absent voter ballot return envelopes; require, and require the state to reimburse cities and townships for prepaid postage. Amends secs. 761 & 764a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.761 & 168.764a) & adds secs. 759e & 764e.
Last Action: 11/04/2021 - bill electronically reproduced 11/03/2021
HB 5517 of 2021House BillElections: other; state to reimburse local government costs for election mail postage; require under certain circumstances. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 39.
Last Action: 11/04/2021 - bill electronically reproduced 11/03/2021
HB 5518 of 2021House BillElections: absent voters; absent voter counting boards to tabulate absent voter ballots 7 days before an election; authorize. Amends secs. 765, 765a & 765b of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.765 et seq.).
Last Action: 11/04/2021 - bill electronically reproduced 11/03/2021
HB 5519 of 2021House BillElections: election officials; requirement to provide absent voter ballot drop box; provide for. Amends sec. 761d of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.761d) & adds sec. 761e.
Last Action: 11/04/2021 - bill electronically reproduced 11/03/2021
SB 0979 of 2022Senate BillElections: absent voters; review process for mismatched or missing signatures on an absent voter ballot application or absent voter ballot return envelope; provide for. Amends secs. 761, 765a, 766 & 767 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.761 et seq.) & adds secs. 766a & 766b.
Last Action: 03/23/2022 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
SB 0980 of 2022Senate BillElections: absent voters; online absent voter ballot applications; provide for. Amends sec. 759 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759).
Last Action: 03/23/2022 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
SB 1139 of 2022Senate BillElections: absent voters; emergency absent voter ballot for an individual detained in a jail, holding cell, holding center, or lockup; authorize. Amends sec. 759b of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759b).
Last Action: 09/07/2022 - REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
HB 5945 of 2022House BillElections: absent voters; online application for absent voter ballots; provide for. Amends sec. 759 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759).
Last Action: 03/23/2022 - bill electronically reproduced 03/22/2022
HB 5946 of 2022House BillElections: absent voters; absent voter ballot tracker program; expand. Amends sec. 764c of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.764c).
Last Action: 03/23/2022 - bill electronically reproduced 03/22/2022
HB 5952 of 2022House BillElections: absent voters; notification to voters of a missing signature or signature mismatch on an absent voter application or ballot; require. Amends secs. 759, 761, 765a, 766 & 767 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759 et seq.) & adds secs. 766a & 766b.
Last Action: 03/23/2022 - bill electronically reproduced 03/22/2022
HB 5959 of 2022House BillElections: absent voters; online absent voter ballot applications; provide for. Amends sec. 759 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759).
Last Action: 03/24/2022 - bill electronically reproduced 03/23/2022
HB 5960 of 2022House BillElections: absent voters; review process for mismatched or missing signatures on an absent voter ballot application or absent voter ballot return envelope; provide for. Amends secs. 761, 765a, 766 & 767 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.761 et seq.) & adds secs. 766a & 766b.
Last Action: 03/24/2022 - bill electronically reproduced 03/23/2022
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