HB 1317: Elections Impacted by Emergencies

GENERAL BILL by Cross; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bracy Davis, Campbell, Driskell, Harris

Elections Impacted by Emergencies; Requires counties & municipalities affected by emergency to provide specified information on their websites & through all means possible; provides that emergency contingency plan is public record & must be presented to Legislature in certain years; requires Secretary of State to consult with specified entities; provides voter rights with respect to participating in election in county that has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); requires Division of Elections to take certain actions if election is scheduled within certain timeframe after emergency; requires division to maintain certain number of strategic elections equipment reserves in certain areas of this state; authorizes division to contract with certain vendors for provision of reserve equipment; specifies certain equipment be included in reserve equipment; requires election officials to take certain actions if county has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance; specifies that certain criminal penalties do not apply if county has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance; prohibits supervisor from requiring certain voters to use certain uniform statewide application.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/27/2025 11:46 AM

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  S 1486 by Polsky Elections Affected by Disasters Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Similar
  H 1535 (c3) by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee Emergencies Last Action: 4/29/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 180	Compare

• Citations - Statute (5)

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  101.62	Request for vote-by-mail ballots.	Page 12 [pdf]
  101.657	Early voting.	Page 15 [pdf]
  101.733	Election emergency; purpose; elections emergency contingency plan.	Page 3 [pdf]
  102.141	County canvassing board; duties.	Page 17 [pdf]
  104.0616	Vote-by-mail ballots and voting; violations.	Page 17 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/27/2025	H	• Filed
  3/4/2025	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3/5/2025	H	• Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
  5/3/2025	H	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration