SB 562: Harassment of Election Workers

GENERAL BILL by Rouson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Davis

Harassment of Election Workers; Prohibiting a person from intimidating, threatening, coercing, harassing, or attempting to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or harass an election worker with specified intent; providing criminal penalties, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2024

Bill Text [pdf]

Current Bill Version Posted: 11/21/2023 at 12:33 PM

• Senate Committee References (2)

  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 721 (c1) by Criminal Justice Subcommittee Harassment of Election Workers Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died in Judiciary Committee	Similar

• Committee Amendments (2)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  933688 - Amendment (Delete All) by Ethics and Elections (Rouson)
  Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:;

  Filed: 1/31/2024 at 3:01 PM
  Last Action: 2/5/2024 Favorable

  127354 - Substitute Amendment (Delete All) (933688) by Rules (Rouson)
  Committee

  Filed: 2/20/2024 at 8:18 AM
  Last Action: No Senate Action

• Floor Amendments (1)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  933688 - Amendment (Delete All) by Ethics and Elections
  Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:;

  Filed: 1/31/2024 at 3:01 PM
  Last Action: No Senate Action

• Analyses (3)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 2/2/2024
  • Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 2/5/2024
  • Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/20/2024

• Committee Votes (2)

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  Date	Committee	Result
  2/5/2024 2:30 PM	Ethics and Elections	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/21/2024 9:00 AM	Rules	View Vote Record

• Citations - Statutes (1)

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  Citation and Catchline	Location in Bill
  104.47	Page 1 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/21/2023	S	• Filed
  12/5/2023	S	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Criminal Justice; Rules
  1/9/2024	S	• Introduced
  1/31/2024	S	• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/05/24, 2:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  2/1/2024	S	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/06/24, 11:30 am, 37 Senate Building --Not Received
  2/5/2024	S	• Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Ethics and Elections (933688); YEAS 8 NAYS 0 • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments) • Original reference(s) removed: Criminal Justice • Remaining references corrected to Rules • Now in Rules
  2/16/2024	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/21/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
  3/8/2024	S	• Died in Rules