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IntroducedJan 08, 2021
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Passed SenateMay 25, 2021
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Passed House
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Signed into Law
AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ABSENTEE VOTING, SAFE AND SECURE IN-PERSON VOTING, VOTER REGISTRATION AND CERTAIN OTHER CHANGES REGARDING ELECTION ADMINISTRATION. To make several changes to election laws designed to increase opportunities for absentee voting, safe and secure in-person voting and voter registration.
Last Action See all actions
House • May 27, 2021: House Calendar Number 551
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 5
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Government Administration and Elections Committee
Votes
YES: 13
- Flexer M.
- Fox D.
- Haskell W.
- Thomas S.
- Blumenthal M.
- Haddad G.
- McCarthy Vahey C.
- McCrory D.
- Morrin Bello A.
- Palm C.
- Rosario C.
- Santiago H.
- Slap D.
NO: 6
- Sampson R.
- Mastrofrancesco G.
- Carpino C.
- Fishbein C.
- France M.
- Labriola D.
OTHER: 0
YES: 12
- PAUL M. FORMICA
- KEVIN C. KELLY
- JOHN A. KISSEL
- KEVIN D. WITKOS
- TONY HWANG
- CRAIG MINER
- HENRI MARTIN
- ERIC C. BERTHEL
- ROB SAMPSON
- PAUL CICARELLA
- DAN CHAMPAGNE
- HEATHER S. SOMERS
NO: 23
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- SAUD ANWAR
- STEVE CASSANO
- MARILYN MOORE
- DEREK SLAP
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- BOB DUFF
- WILL HASKELL
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- MARY ABRAMS
- JAMES MARONEY
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- JORGE CABRERA
- ALEX KASSER
ABSENT: 1
YES: 12
- PAUL M. FORMICA
- KEVIN C. KELLY
- JOHN A. KISSEL
- KEVIN D. WITKOS
- TONY HWANG
- CRAIG MINER
- HENRI MARTIN
- ERIC C. BERTHEL
- ROB SAMPSON
- PAUL CICARELLA
- DAN CHAMPAGNE
- HEATHER S. SOMERS
NO: 23
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- SAUD ANWAR
- STEVE CASSANO
- MARILYN MOORE
- DEREK SLAP
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- BOB DUFF
- WILL HASKELL
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- MARY ABRAMS
- JAMES MARONEY
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- JORGE CABRERA
- ALEX KASSER
ABSENT: 1
YES: 12
- PAUL M. FORMICA
- KEVIN C. KELLY
- JOHN A. KISSEL
- KEVIN D. WITKOS
- TONY HWANG
- CRAIG MINER
- HENRI MARTIN
- ERIC C. BERTHEL
- ROB SAMPSON
- PAUL CICARELLA
- DAN CHAMPAGNE
- HEATHER S. SOMERS
NO: 23
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- SAUD ANWAR
- STEVE CASSANO
- MARILYN MOORE
- DEREK SLAP
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- BOB DUFF
- WILL HASKELL
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- MARY ABRAMS
- JAMES MARONEY
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- JORGE CABRERA
- ALEX KASSER
ABSENT: 1
YES: 12
- PAUL M. FORMICA
- KEVIN C. KELLY
- JOHN A. KISSEL
- KEVIN D. WITKOS
- TONY HWANG
- CRAIG MINER
- HENRI MARTIN
- ERIC C. BERTHEL
- ROB SAMPSON
- PAUL CICARELLA
- DAN CHAMPAGNE
- HEATHER S. SOMERS
NO: 23
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- SAUD ANWAR
- STEVE CASSANO
- MARILYN MOORE
- DEREK SLAP
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- BOB DUFF
- WILL HASKELL
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- MARY ABRAMS
- JAMES MARONEY
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- JORGE CABRERA
- ALEX KASSER
ABSENT: 1
YES: 12
- PAUL M. FORMICA
- KEVIN C. KELLY
- JOHN A. KISSEL
- KEVIN D. WITKOS
- TONY HWANG
- CRAIG MINER
- HENRI MARTIN
- ERIC C. BERTHEL
- ROB SAMPSON
- PAUL CICARELLA
- DAN CHAMPAGNE
- HEATHER S. SOMERS
NO: 23
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- SAUD ANWAR
- STEVE CASSANO
- MARILYN MOORE
- DEREK SLAP
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- BOB DUFF
- WILL HASKELL
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- MARY ABRAMS
- JAMES MARONEY
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- JORGE CABRERA
- ALEX KASSER
ABSENT: 1
YES: 12
- PAUL M. FORMICA
- KEVIN C. KELLY
- JOHN A. KISSEL
- KEVIN D. WITKOS
- TONY HWANG
- CRAIG MINER
- HENRI MARTIN
- ERIC C. BERTHEL
- ROB SAMPSON
- PAUL CICARELLA
- DAN CHAMPAGNE
- HEATHER S. SOMERS
NO: 23
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- SAUD ANWAR
- STEVE CASSANO
- MARILYN MOORE
- DEREK SLAP
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- BOB DUFF
- WILL HASKELL
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- MARY ABRAMS
- JAMES MARONEY
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- JORGE CABRERA
- ALEX KASSER
ABSENT: 1
YES: 12
- PAUL M. FORMICA
- KEVIN C. KELLY
- JOHN A. KISSEL
- KEVIN D. WITKOS
- TONY HWANG
- CRAIG MINER
- HENRI MARTIN
- ERIC C. BERTHEL
- ROB SAMPSON
- PAUL CICARELLA
- DAN CHAMPAGNE
- HEATHER S. SOMERS
NO: 23
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- SAUD ANWAR
- STEVE CASSANO
- MARILYN MOORE
- DEREK SLAP
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- BOB DUFF
- WILL HASKELL
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- MARY ABRAMS
- JAMES MARONEY
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- JORGE CABRERA
- ALEX KASSER
ABSENT: 1
YES: 12
- PAUL M. FORMICA
- KEVIN C. KELLY
- JOHN A. KISSEL
- KEVIN D. WITKOS
- TONY HWANG
- CRAIG MINER
- HENRI MARTIN
- ERIC C. BERTHEL
- ROB SAMPSON
- PAUL CICARELLA
- DAN CHAMPAGNE
- HEATHER S. SOMERS
NO: 23
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- SAUD ANWAR
- STEVE CASSANO
- MARILYN MOORE
- DEREK SLAP
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- BOB DUFF
- WILL HASKELL
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- MARY ABRAMS
- JAMES MARONEY
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- JORGE CABRERA
- ALEX KASSER
ABSENT: 1
YES: 25
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- SAUD ANWAR
- STEVE CASSANO
- MARILYN MOORE
- DEREK SLAP
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- BOB DUFF
- KEVIN D. WITKOS
- WILL HASKELL
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- TONY HWANG
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- MARY ABRAMS
- JAMES MARONEY
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- JORGE CABRERA
- ALEX KASSER
NO: 10
ABSENT: 1
YES: 12
- PAUL M. FORMICA
- KEVIN C. KELLY
- JOHN A. KISSEL
- KEVIN D. WITKOS
- TONY HWANG
- CRAIG MINER
- HENRI MARTIN
- ERIC C. BERTHEL
- ROB SAMPSON
- PAUL CICARELLA
- DAN CHAMPAGNE
- HEATHER S. SOMERS
NO: 23
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- SAUD ANWAR
- STEVE CASSANO
- MARILYN MOORE
- DEREK SLAP
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- BOB DUFF
- WILL HASKELL
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- MARY ABRAMS
- JAMES MARONEY
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- JORGE CABRERA
- ALEX KASSER
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- May 27, 2021 | House
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- House Calendar Number 551
- May 25, 2021 | Senate
- Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 9130
- Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule B 9150
- Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule C 9165
- Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule D 9151
- Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule E 9158
- Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule F 9200
- Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule G 9160
- Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule H 9177
- Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule I 9178
- Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule J 9249
- Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
- Apr 22, 2021 | Senate
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Senate Calendar Number 338
- File Number 570 (LCO)
- Apr 16, 2021 | Senate
- Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/21/21 5:00 PM (LCO)
- Apr 06, 2021 | Senate
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Apr 05, 2021 | Senate
- Joint Favorable Substitute (GAE)
- Mar 22, 2021 | Senate
- Public Hearing 03/26
- Mar 19, 2021 | Senate
- Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections
- Mar 18, 2021 | Senate
- Drafted by Committee
- Feb 10, 2021 | Senate
- Vote to Draft (GAE)
- Jan 08, 2021 | Senate
- Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Bill Texts
- Proposed BillPDF
- Committee BillPDF
- GAE Joint Favorable SubstitutePDF
- File No. 570PDF
- Called Amendment Senate Schedule A LCO# 9130 (D)PDF
- Called Amendment Senate Schedule H LCO# 9177 (R)PDF
- Called Amendment Senate Schedule J LCO# 9249 (R)PDF
- Called Amendment Senate Schedule B LCO# 9150 (R)PDF
- Called Amendment Senate Schedule D LCO# 9151 (R)PDF
- Called Amendment Senate Schedule E LCO# 9158 (R)PDF
- Called Amendment Senate Schedule G LCO# 9160 (R)PDF
- Called Amendment Senate Schedule C LCO# 9165 (R)PDF
- Called Amendment Senate Schedule I LCO# 9178 (R)PDF
- Called Amendment Senate Schedule F LCO# 9200 (R)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9064 (D)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9208 (R)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9204 (R)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9187 (R)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9206 (R)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9190 (R)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9189 (R)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9191 (R)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9201 (R)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9202 (R)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9207 (R)PDF
- Uncalled Senate LCO Amendment #9176 (R)PDF
- Uncalled House LCO Amendment #10397 (R)PDF
- Uncalled House LCO Amendment #10400 (R)PDF
- Uncalled House LCO Amendment #10394 (R)PDF
- Uncalled House LCO Amendment #10395 (R)PDF
- Uncalled House LCO Amendment #10396 (R)PDF
- Uncalled House LCO Amendment #10573 (R)PDF
- Uncalled House LCO Amendment #10556 (R)PDF
Documents
- Bill Analysis for SB-5, as amended by Senate "A"
- Bill Analysis For File Copy 570
- Fiscal Note For File Copy 570
- Fiscal Note Correction for SB-5
- Fiscal Note for SB-5, As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 9130)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9187 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9064 (Reduces Cost In Bill)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9204 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9206 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9208 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9130 (Reduces Cost In Bill)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9151 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9178 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9249 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9150 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9165 (Minimal Cost)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9158 (See Fiscal Note Details)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9160 (Minimal Savings)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9200 (Potential Cost)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9176 (Minimal Savings)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9177 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9189 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9190 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9191 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9202 (Minimal Cost)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10394 (Minimal Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10396 (See Fiscal Note Details)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10397 (See Fiscal Note Details)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10395 (Minimal Savings)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10400 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10556 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10573 (No Fiscal Impact)
- Committee Report GAE Joint Fav. Rpt