Bill:  HB 1 
Legislative Session: 78(3) Council Document: 78S3 7 DRH-D
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Last Action:10/13/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption Version:Enrolled
Caption Text:Relating to the dates of and procedures for certain elections, the procedures for canvassing the ballots for an election, and the counting of certain ballots voted by mail.
Author:Denny | Madden | Howard
Sponsor:Nelson
Subjects:Elections--Administration (I0277)
Elections--General (I0310)
Elections--Primaries (I0285)
Companion:SB 9 by Nelson, Identical
Remarks:This Act takes effect January 11, 2004, except Section 1 takes effect January 1, 2005.
House Committee:Elections
Status:Out of committee
Vote:Ayes=5   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=2
Senate Committee:Jurisprudence
Status:Out of committee
Vote:Ayes=4   Nays=3   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=0
House Conferees:Appointed (10/02/2003) Denny (Chair) | Bohac | Harper-Brown | Howard | Uresti
Senate Conferees:Appointed (10/02/2003) Nelson (Chair) | Averitt | Duncan | Staples | Whitmire
Actions: (ascending date order)
Description Comment Date       Time       Journal Page
 Filed      09/11/2003    
 Read first time      09/15/2003    
 Referred to Elections      09/15/2003    
 Scheduled for formal meeting on . . . .      09/15/2003    
 Considered in formal meeting      09/15/2003    
 Committee substitute considered in committee      09/15/2003    
 Reported favorably as substituted      09/15/2003    
 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator      09/15/2003    
 Committee report printed and distributed       09/15/2003   04:28 PM 
 Committee report sent to Calendars      09/15/2003    
 Considered in Calendars      09/15/2003    
 Placed on Major State Calendar      09/16/2003    
 Read 2nd time      09/16/2003    
 Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal      09/16/2003    
 Amendment tabled   1-Alonzo   09/16/2003    
 Record vote   RV#8   09/16/2003    
 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      09/16/2003    
 Amendment tabled   2-Alonzo   09/16/2003    
 Record vote   RV#9   09/16/2003    
 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      09/16/2003    
 Passed to engrossment      09/16/2003    
 Read 3rd time      09/17/2003    
 Passed      09/17/2003    
 Reported engrossed       09/17/2003   08:17 AM 
 Received from the House      09/17/2003     10
 Read first time      09/17/2003     11
 Referred to Jurisprudence      09/17/2003     11
 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      09/19/2003    
 Considered in public hearing      09/19/2003    
 Testimony taken in committee      09/19/2003    
 Reported favorably as substituted      09/22/2003     32
 Committee report printed and distributed       09/22/2003   11:15 AM 
 Laid before the Senate      09/25/2003     304
 Read 2nd time      09/25/2003     304
 Amendment tabled   FA1 West   09/25/2003     305
 Record vote      09/25/2003     305
 Point of order      09/25/2003     306
 Point of order overruled      09/25/2003     306
 Passed to 3rd reading      09/25/2003     306
 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal      09/25/2003     306
 Three day rule suspended      09/25/2003     411
 Record vote      09/25/2003     412
 Read 3rd time      09/25/2003     412
 Amended   FA1 Armbrister   09/25/2003     412
 Passed as amended      09/25/2003     412
 Record vote      09/25/2003     412
 Senate passage as amended reported      09/25/2003    
 Senate Amendments printed and distributed       09/25/2003   08:40 PM 
 House refuses to concur in Senate amendments      10/02/2003    
 House requests conference committee      10/02/2003    
 House appoints conferees      10/02/2003    
 House refuses to concur-reported      10/02/2003     438
 House requests conference committee-reported      10/02/2003     438
 House appoints conferees-reported      10/02/2003     438
 Senate grants request for conference comm.      10/02/2003     446
 Senate appoints conferees      10/02/2003     446
 Senate grants request for conf comm-reported      10/08/2003    
 Senate appoints conferees-reported      10/08/2003    
 Conference committee report filed      10/09/2003     476
 Conf. Comm. Report printed and distributed       10/09/2003   01:07 PM 
 House adopts resolution to go outside bounds   HR 333   10/10/2003    
 Motion to print      10/10/2003    
 Motion fails      10/10/2003    
 Record vote   RV#47   10/10/2003    
 House adopts conference committee report      10/10/2003    
 Record vote   RV#48   10/10/2003    
 House adopts conf. comm. report-reported      10/10/2003     458
 Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds   SR 134   10/10/2003     462
 Senate adopts conference committee report      10/10/2003     463
 Record vote      10/10/2003     463
 Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported      10/10/2003    
 Reported enrolled       10/12/2003   01:30 PM 
 Signed in the House      10/12/2003    
 Signed in the Senate      10/12/2003     483
 Sent to the Governor      10/13/2003    
 Signed by the Governor      10/13/2003    
 See remarks for effective date      10/13/2003