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HB425 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021
HB425 Alabama 2011 Session
House Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2011
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2011
Title
Presidential preference primary election, date changed, provisions relating to when election day same day as Mardi Gras deleted, Secs. 17-13-3, 17-13-100 am'd. (2011-20382)
Description

Under existing law, the presidential preference primary election is held on the first Tuesday in February each year a President is to be elected and the regular primary is the first Tuesday in June.

This bill would change the presidential preference primary election to the first Tuesday in March beginning in the year 2012 and would provide that in presidential primary years, the regular primary election would also be the first Tuesday in March.

Subjects
Elections

Bill Actions

Assigned Act No. 2011-566.

Delivered to Governor on June 1, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.

Clerk of the House Certification

Enrolled

Signature Requested

Second House Concurs in Executive Amendment

Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 856

House of Origin Concurs in Executive Amendment

Clouse motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 974

Executive Amendment Offered

Forwarded to Governor

Clerk of the House Certification

Signature Requested

Enrolled

Passed Second House

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 793

Third Reading Passed

Motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 792

Third Reading Open

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections

Engrossed

Mitchell Dissent filed

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 495

Clouse motion to Table adopted Roll Call 494

Newton (C) Amendment Offered

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 493

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections first Substitute Offered

Third Reading Passed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

April 26, 2011 House Passed
Yes 99
No 1
Absent 4

Clouse motion to Table

April 26, 2011 House Passed
Yes 76
No 14
Absent 14

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

May 26, 2011 Senate Passed
Yes 21
No 11
Absent 3

Clouse motion to Concur In and Adopt

May 31, 2011 House Passed
Yes 92
Abstained 1
Absent 12

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature