Absentee voting; ballots received, marked, and cast electronically through the Internet.

Voted 7/21/2026View source

Summary

Elections; absentee voting; accessibility; ballots received, marked, and cast electronically through the internet. Requires the Department of Elections to make available to all localities a tool to allow a voter with a visual impairment or print disability or a covered voter to receive, mark, and return his absentee ballot electronically through the internet. The bill makes the tool available through the internet in lieu of other currently available assistive technologies.

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Privileges and Elections SubstituteOfficial document (PDF)
Privileges and Elections SubstituteOfficial document (HTML)

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Docket history

Action history

7/21/2026Continued from last session
2/13/2026Continued to next session in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
2/9/2026Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
2/2/2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB493)
1/27/2026Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration
1/27/2026House subcommittee offered
1/12/2026Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104715D
1/12/2026Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections