SB582
Absentee & provisional ballots; process & timing for rejected applications, rejected prov. ballots.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Chief Patron:
Saddam Azlan Salim (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Elections; absentee and provisional ballots; process and timing for rejected absentee ballot applications, returned absentee ballots, and rejected provisional ballots.
Requires the electoral board to make publicly available a list of persons having submitted an ID-ONLY provisional ballot no later than noon on the day following the election. If the electoral board determines that any person who submitted a provisional vote was not entitled to vote as a result of ... (More) a material error or omission on the provisional ballot form, the registrar is required to promptly notify the voter in writing or by email of the error or omission and to provide information to the voter on how to correct the issue so his ballot may be counted. The voter is entitled to make such necessary corrections before noon on the Monday after the election. The bill also requires the list of absentee ballot applicants to be updated daily and to include whether each application has been accepted or rejected and, if it has been rejected, the reason for rejection or, if it has been accepted, the status of the absentee ballot. Registrars are also required to enter such information into the voter registration system and such information is required to be made available to voters via a free-access system made available by the Department of Elections. The bill removes the requirement that absentee ballots be received by the Friday immediately preceding the day of the election for the general registrar to implement the process of curing errors or failures in such absentee ballots. The bill also moves the deadline for curing errors or omissions in absentee ballot applications from noon on the third day after the election to noon on the Monday after the election. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104738D
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB582)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
