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HOUSE BILL 5

File Code: Elections
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 287

Sponsored By:
The Speaker and Delegates Hixson, Rosenberg, Barkley, Bobo, Boschert, Bozman, Burns, Cane, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, DeBoy, Donoghue, Feldman, Frush, Gilleland, Gutierrez, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kach, Kaiser, King, Krysiak, Leopold, Levy, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Menes, Montgomery, Niemann, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Ross, Stern, Vallario, Vaughn, Zirkin, Bartlett, Bronrott, Cadden, Cardin, Cryor, C. Davis, Doory, Elmore, Gaines, Goodwin, Gordon, James, Lee, Marriott, McKee, Moe, Myers, Ramirez, and F. Turner

Entitled:
Voters Rights Protection Act of 2005

Synopsis:

Providing that an individual whose right to vote is challenged at the polling place may establish the individual's identity by presenting a specified identification; prohibiting a person from willingly or knowingly influencing or attempting to influence a voter from going to the polls to cast a vote through the use of specified means or activities; prohibiting a person from willingly or knowingly engaging in specified conduct; requiring a local board of elections to count specified provisional ballots; establishing penalties; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/12
First Reading Ways and Means
2/16
Hearing 2/24 at 2:00 p.m.
3/14
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
3/15
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order 3/16 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
3/16
Floor Amendment (Delegate Bates)
Special Order 3/17 (Delegate Patterson) Adopted
3/17
Floor Amendment (Delegate Bates) Rejected (41-86)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/21
Third Reading Passed (133-4)
4/9
House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
House Requests Senate Recede
Senate Action
3/20
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/9
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/7
Favorable with Amendments
Committee Amendment Adopted (27-19)
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (28-17)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/8
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (34-11)

Sponsored by:

Speaker of the House of Delegates
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32
Delegate Marshall T. Goodwin, District 40
Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Murray D. Levy, District 28
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

BALLOTS
BRIBERY
DISCRIMINATION
ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMP FINANC; POL CANDS; VOTING
ELECTIONS SUPERVISORS
ELECTIONS, STATE BOARD OF
FRAUD -see also- FORGERY
HARASSMENT
IDENTIFICATION
PENALTIES
PUBLIC INFORMATION
REPORTS
SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Election Law
( 10-312 , 11-303 , 16-201 , 16-903 , 16-1002 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
Number: 613820/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 17, 2005   at: 10:17 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 715268/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 15, 2005   at: 11:43 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 154231/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 2005   at: 7:21 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 17, 2005: Floor Amendment (Bates) {613820/1 Rejected (41-86)
March 21, 2005: Third Reading Passed (133-4)
Senate
April 7, 2005: Committee Amendment {154231/1 Adopted (27-19)
April 7, 2005: Favorable with Amendments Adopted (28-17)
April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (34-11)


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