H537 GENERAL BILL/CS/2ND ENG by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; Rivera; Hukill; (CO-SPONSORS) Murzin; Porth; Baxley; Gonzalez; Kravitz; Adams; Allen; Kiar; Traviesa; Nehr; Culp; Roberson; Weatherford; Schenck; Zapata; Ambler; Jordan; Altman; Brandenburg; Sands; Patterson; Waldman; Precourt; Bucher (Similar CS/CS/1ST ENG/S 0960, Compare CS/CS/H 0213, H 0393, H 0885, H 1615, H 7009, CS/1ST ENG/S 0900, CS/S 0958, CS/S 0962, S 1010, CS/S 1174, S 2164, S 2300, S 2518, S 2808) Elections [LPCC]; revises fines applicable to violations of requirements re third-party voter registrations; revises dates re presidential preference primary; authorizes municipalities to move their election date by ordinance to coincide with said primary; exempts persons seeking federal office from resign-to-run law; requires that all write-in candidates reside within district of office sought at time of qualification, etc. Amends FS. APPROPRIATION: $27,861,850. EFFECTIVE DATE: 01/01/2008 except as otherwise provided. 01/23/07 HOUSE Filed 01/31/07 HOUSE Referred to Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council 02/01/07 HOUSE Referred to Ethics & Elections (EEI) by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; On Committee agenda-- Ethics & Elections (EEI), 02/08/07, 10:00 am, 12-H 02/08/07 HOUSE Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Ethics & Elections (EEI); YEAS 9 NAYS 0 02/15/07 HOUSE Now in Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; On Council agenda-- Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council, 02/22/07, 4:15 pm or upon adjournment of Legislative Budget Commission meeting, 404-H 02/22/07 HOUSE CS by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 03/02/07 HOUSE CS filed 03/06/07 HOUSE Introduced, referred to Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council -HJ 00044; Referred to Ethics & Elections (EEI) by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council -HJ 00122; On Committee agenda-- Ethics & Elections (EEI), 02/08/07, 10:00 am, 12-H; Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Ethics & Elections (EEI); YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 00130; Now in Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council -HJ 00130; On Council agenda-- Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council, 02/22/07, 4:15 pm or upon adjournment of Legislative Budget Commission meeting, 404-H; CS by- Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 00132; CS read 1st time on 03/06/07 -HJ 00114; CS filed 03/13/07 HOUSE Placed on Calendar -HJ 00188 03/15/07 HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -HJ 00208 03/21/07 HOUSE Read 3rd time -HJ 00235; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00235; CS passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 1 -HJ 00236 03/22/07 SENATE In Messages 04/26/07 SENATE Received, referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 00622 04/27/07 SENATE Withdrawn from Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 00644; Substituted for CS/CS/SB 960 -SJ 00645; Read 2nd time -SJ 00645; Amendment(s) adopted (941466, 882598, 021414) -SJ 00658; Amendment(s) failed -SJ 00659; Read 3rd time -SJ 00659; CS passed as amended (941466, 882598, 021414); YEAS 37 NAYS 2 -SJ 00659; Immediately certified -SJ 00659 04/27/07 HOUSE In returning messages 05/03/07 HOUSE Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) failed -HJ 01064; Concurred -HJ 01050; CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 01064; Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 01065 05/09/07 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor 05/21/07 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2007-30
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