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SB18-076

Ban Vote Trading

Concerning a ban on vote trading.

Session:

2018 Regular Session

Subject:

Elections & Redistricting

Bill Summary

New election offense - facilitating vote trading - penalty. The act makes it unlawful for any person to facilitate the trading of votes between an elector in the state or a person in another state in exchange for the other person's vote for or against a particular candidate, ballot issue, or ballot question. A violation is a class 2 petty offense and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 for each occurrence.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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Status

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Bill Text

All Versions (7 )

Date	Bill Type	Documents
05/04/2018	Signed Act	PDF
04/26/2018	Final Act	PDF
04/16/2018	Rerevised	PDF
04/13/2018	Revised	PDF
02/02/2018	Reengrossed	PDF
02/01/2018	Engrossed	PDF
01/12/2018	Introduced	PDF

Preamended Versions (1 )

Date	Bill Type	Documents
04/05/2018	PA1	PDF

Budget Documents

Fiscal Notes (2)

Date	Version	Documents
06/25/2018	FN2	PDF
01/24/2018	FN1	PDF

Committee Actions

04/04/2018 | House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs (2 )

Committee Report Hearing Summary

Activity	Vote	Documents
Adopt amendment L.004 [Attachment C].	The motion passed without objection.	Vote Summary
Refer Senate Bill 18-076, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.	The motion passed on a vote of 6-3.	Vote Summary

03/15/2018 | House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs (0 )

Hearing Summary

01/29/2018 | Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs (1 )

Committee Report Hearing Summary

Activity	Vote	Documents
Refer Senate Bill 18-076 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.	The motion passed on a vote of 5-0.	Vote Summary

Votes

Senate Votes (3)

Date	Action	Motion	Vote	Vote Document
04/18/2018	House Amendments	CONCUR	Aye: 34 No: 0 Other: 1	View
04/18/2018	House Amendments	REPASS	Aye: 34 No: 0 Other: 1	View
02/02/2018	Third Reading	BILL	Aye: 33 No: 0 Other: 2	View

House Votes (2)

Date	Action	Motion	Vote	Vote Document
04/16/2018	Third Reading	BILL	Aye: 35 No: 29 Other: 1	View
04/13/2018	Committee of the Whole	AMD (L.005)	Aye: 20 No: 31 Other: 14	View

Bill History

Date	Location	Action
05/04/2018	Governor	Governor Signed
04/26/2018	Governor	Sent to the Governor
04/26/2018	House	Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/25/2018	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
04/18/2018	Senate	Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/17/2018	Senate	Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/16/2018	House	House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/13/2018	House	House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/12/2018	House	House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
04/11/2018	House	House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
04/10/2018	House	House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/11/2018 - No Amendments
04/09/2018	House	House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/10/2018 - No Amendments
04/04/2018	House	House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/15/2018	House	House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
02/07/2018	House	Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
02/02/2018	Senate	Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
02/01/2018	Senate	Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
01/29/2018	Senate	Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/12/2018	Senate	Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs

Sponsor Type	Legislators
Prime Sponsor	Sen. K. Lundberg Rep. J. Melton
Sponsor
Co-sponsor	Sen. J. Cooke, Sen. L. Crowder, Sen. S. Fenberg, Sen. C. Holbert, Sen. J. Kefalas, Sen. A. Kerr, Sen. V. Marble, Sen. T. Neville, Sen. R. Scott, Sen. J. Smallwood, Sen. J. Sonnenberg, Sen. J. Tate, Sen. N. Todd

Session Laws

Effective Date	Chapter #	Title	Documents
09/01/2018	202	Ban Vote Trading	2018a_sl_202.pdf

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Ban Vote Trading

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Budget Documents

Fiscal Notes (2)

Committee Actions

04/04/2018 | House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs (2 )

03/15/2018 | House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs (0 )

01/29/2018 | Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs (1 )

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Senate Votes (3)

House Votes (2)

Bill History

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Session Laws

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Kevin Lundberg

Jovan Melton

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