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BILL · 2007–08 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6698

SB 6698: Voter registration and info

Regarding voter registration and informational activities at institutions of higher education.

Summary

  • (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE) Requires institutions of higher education to: (1) Put in place a prompt and link to the secretary of state's voter registration web site; (2) Make voter registration forms available in places of prominence within the premises of each campus; (3) In consultation with the secretary of state and the student government association, or its equivalent, develop and implement policies…

From the Substitute Bill Digest (SSB 6698), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 22, 2008
  2. Out of committeeFeb 8, 2008
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Paull Shin (D-21)
Introduced
January 22, 2008 in the Senate
Last action
February 29, 2008
Companion bill
HB 2917
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 6698, SSB 6698

AN ACT Relating to voter registration and informational activities at institutions of higher education;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Paull Shin (D-21)

3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Jerome Delvin R-8Ed Murray D-43Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6698)
  2. Senate Rules "X" file.
  3. HIE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6698)
  4. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6698)
  5. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  6. HIE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  7. First reading, referred to Higher Education.

SB 6698 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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