2013-2014 Session	House Committee on Elections and Ethics
Monday, December 29, 2014

Bill/Resolution	Sponsor	Subject	Meetings	Status
HB 4012 referred 1/22/2013	Heise	Elections; candidates; candidate affidavit attesting to validity of nominating petition signatures; require.
HB 4018 referred 1/22/2013	Darany	Occupations; lobbyists; lobbyist political contribution; restrict delivery of.
HB 4019 referred 1/22/2013	Darany	Elections; voters; identification requirement for voters who register by mail; allow individuals to present identification to any county, city, or township clerk office before an election.
HB 4046 referred 1/22/2013	Kowall	Elections; campaign practices; individual circulating a petition; prohibit from being paid for each petition signature collected, and require petition circulators to wear identification badges.	3/5/2013
HB 4047 referred 1/22/2013	Kowall	Campaign finance; campaign practices; do-not-call list for automated political telephone calls; provide for.
HB 4058 referred 1/22/2013	Irwin	Elections; absent voters; absent voter ballot; issue upon voter's request without requiring justification.
HB 4103 referred 1/24/2013	Stanley	Elections; voting procedures; early voting; provide for.
HB 4150 referred 1/31/2013	Johnson	Elections; local; prosecuting attorney and sheriff elected at nonpartisan elections; provide for.
HB 4151 referred 1/31/2013	Johnson	Counties; charter; nonpartisan election of sheriff and prosecuting attorney; provide for.
HB 4169 referred 2/5/2013	Pagel	Elections; canvassing; reference in general law village act to board of village canvassers and board of township canvassers; revise to board of county canvassers.	2/26/2013 3/5/20113	Reported with recommendation on 3/5/2013
HB 4170 referred 2/5/2013	Cotter	Elections; canvassing; reference in community college act of 1966 to board of city or township canvassers; eliminate.	2/26/2013 3/5/2013	Reported with recommendation on 3/5/2013
HB 4171 referred 2/5/2013	Jacobsen	Elections; canvassing; elimination of local boards of canvassers and amendment of process to balance precinct results; provide for, and clarify allocation of costs to conduct village elections.	2/26/2013 3/5/2013	Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 3/5/2013
HB 4252 referred 2/13/2013	Lane	Elections; absent voters; absent voter ballot; issue upon voter's request without requiring justification.
HB 4253 referred 2/13/2013	Darany	Elections; absent voters; absent voter ballot; issue upon voter's request without requiring justification.
HB 4307 referred 2/21/2013	Lyons	Elections; special elections; requirement for a special election when a vacancy occurs in the office of county commissioner during an odd numbered year; eliminate unless the vacancy is not filled by appointment.	2/26/2013 3/5/2013	Reported with recommendation on 3/5/2013
HB 4316 referred 2/26/2013	Howrylak	Libraries; local; population requirement for a petition asking that a tax be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a free public library; revise.
HB 4367 referred 3/5/2013	Schor	Elections; primary; voting a split or mixed ticket; allow in primary elections.
HB 4393 referred 3/7/2013	Pagel	Elections; other; filing deadline for local ballot question; modify.	3/19/2013 4/16/2013	Reported with recomendation as substitute (H-1) on 4/16/2013
HB 4394 referred 3/7/2013	Howrylak	Townships; other; filing deadline for local ballot question; modify.	3/19/2013 4/16/2013	Reported with recomendation as substitute (H-1) on 4/16/2013
HB 4395 referred 3/7/2013	Kosowski	Local government; authorities; filing deadline for local ballot question involving community swimming pool authority; modify.	3/19/2013 4/16/2013	Reported with recomendation as substitute (H-1) on 4/16/2013
HB 4396 referred 3/7/2013	Outman	Local government; authorities; filing deadline for local ballot question involving building authority; modify.	3/19/2013 4/16/2013	Reported with recomendation as substitute (H-1) on 4/16/2013
HB 4397 referred 3/7/2013	VerHeulen	Local government; intergovernmental affairs; filing deadline for local ballot question involving a metropolitan council; modify.	3/19/2013 4/16/2013	Reported with recomendation as substitute (H-1) on 4/16/2013
HB 4418 referred 3/12/2013	Lipton	Campaign finance; other; independent expenditures; require compliance with campaign finance act.
HB 4419 referred 3/12/2013	Yanez	Campaign finance; other; independent expenditures by corporations; require certain reports and disclaimers.
HB 4420 referred 3/12/2013	Yanez	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; disclosure of independent expenditures by corporations; require.
HB 4421 referred 3/12/2013	Abed	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; certain independent expenditures by corporations; prohibit.
HB 4422 referred 3/12/2013	Cochran	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; contributions by certain foreign entities; prohibit.
HB 4423 referred 3/12/2013	Dianda	Campaign finance; violations; improper independent expenditures by a corporation; impose certain fines.
HB 4424 referred 3/12/2013	Driskell	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; independent expenditure provisions in the campaign finance act; update.
HB 4425 referred 3/12/2013	Cochran	Campaign finance; statements and reports; quarterly filing of certain statements; require.
HB 4426 referred 3/12/2013	Driskell	Public employees and officers; ethics; lobbying by former legislators and executive branch officers; prohibit for a defined period after leaving state service.
HB 4427 referred 3/12/2013	Smiley	Campaign finance; other; candidate solicitations in state facilities; prohibit.
HB 4428 referred 3/12/2013	Slavens	State financing and management; purchasing; gifts by state contractors to certain governmental officials; limit.
HB 4429 referred 3/12/2013	Lamonte	Occupations; lobbyists; lobbyist and lobbying expenditure database; establish.
HB 4430 referred 3/12/2013	Brinks	Elections; offenses; provision relating to penalty of perjury; expand to include a person who assists another person in committing perjury.
HB 4431 referred 3/12/2013	Brinks	Elections; offenses; penalty imposed for perjury; increase.
HB 4432 referred 3/12/2013	Brinks	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; candidates changing political party affiliation; require to return campaign contributions including interest to contributor.
HB 4433 referred 3/12/2013	Brinks	Elections; candidates; candidates changing political party affiliation before filing deadline; permit political party to select a replacement candidate under certain circumstances.
HB 4434 referred 3/12/2013	Brinks	Elections; candidates; residency requirement for state senate and state representative candidates; modify.
HB 4435 referred 3/12/2013	Brinks	Elections; candidates; filing of nominating petition, qualifying petition, filing fee, affidavit of candidacy, or affidavit of identity; require certain candidates to appear in person and present proper picture identification.
HB 4469 referred 3/19/2013	Abed	Public employees and officers; ethics; financial disclosure report; require certain candidates for elective office and state and local officials to file.
HB 4470 referred 3/19/2013	Dianda	Public employees and officers; ethics; executive branch officials and employees ethics act; create.
HB 4477 referred 3/19/2013	Schor	Elections; polling places; an elector taking a photograph of himself or herself in a polling place; authorize.	5/14/2013
HB 4478 referred 3/19/2013	Schor	Elections; voters; signature stamp; allow use of, define physical disability, and permit the legislature to provide the content of certain ballot questions.	5/14/2013 5/21/2013	Reported with recommendation on 5/21/2013
HB 4479 referred 3/19/2013	Schor	Campaign finance; violations; payment of late filing fee for annual statement; allow to be paid from committee funds.	5/14/2013
HB 4506 referred 4/9/2013	Geiss	Public employees and officers; other; eligibility criteria; prohibit a person who has outstanding criminal fines from election to office.
HB 4507 referred 4/9/2013	Geiss	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; general amendments; provide for.
HB 4615 referred 4/24/2013	Walsh	Education; intermediate school districts; timing and manner for submitting regional enhancement property tax question to the intermediate school electors in certain large intermediate school districts; modify.
HB 4658 referred 5/2/2013	Johnson	Libraries; district; summary of ballot language regarding district library millages; require on notice of close of registration.
HB 4693 referred 5/2/2013	Price	Elections; election officials; methods to convey election night results; modify.	2/4/2014
HB 4780 referred 5/28/2013	LaVoy	Elections; local; village elections; clarify allocation of costs to conduct elections.
HB 4817 referred 6/11/2013	McCann	Legislature; apportionment; citizens redistricting commission; create.
HB 4824 referred 6/12/2013	Poleski	Elections; offenses; penalties for promising, providing, or accepting valuable consideration to run or not to run for political office; provide for.
HB 4825 referred 6/12/2013	Kesto	Elections; candidates; candidates to indicate certain felony convictions on the affidavit of identity; require.	1/21/2014 1/28/2014	Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 1/28/2014
HB 4833 referred 6/13/2013	Heise	Elections; recounts; recount deposit; increase.	6/18/2013	Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-4) on 6/18/2013
HB 4843 referred 6/13/2013	Forlini	Campaign finance; other; automated campaign telephone calls; require to identify entity making or paying for call.
HB 4878 referred 6/20/2013	Jacobsen	Elections; polling places; super voter precincts; require secretary of state to establish pilot project, permit certain election precinct consolidations, permit certain county clerks to conduct election administration duties for local governments, and require the secretary of state to establish a pilot project allowing the bureau of elections to handle the qualified voter file list maintenance.	10/22/2013, 10/29/2013	Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 10/29/2013
HB 4883 referred 6/20/2013	Cavanagh	Elections; ballots; order of candidates and proposals on the ballot; revise.
HB 4887 referred 6/20/2013	Lauwers	Property tax; millage; millage elections; limit to November general election.	10/29/2013 11/5/2013
HB 4938 referred 9/3/2013	Knezek	Elections; voting procedures; list of eligible state identification cards to identify electors when voting; expand.
HB 4947 referred 9/4/2013	McCann	Elections; scheduling; election of state senator or state representative if a major political party candidate vacancy occurs before the general November election; revise.
HB 5093 referred 10/22/2013	Cavanagh	Elections; other; use of filing fee for office of state senator or representative; modify.
HB 5113 referred 10/29/2013	Price	Public employees and officers; ethics; contracts between educational institutions and public servants; revise prohibitions.
HB 5115 referred 10/30/2013	Lyons	Education; other; definition of special school election; modify, and require school elections for a millage, sinking fund, or bond to be held in August or November.	11/5/2013
HB 5116 referred 10/30/2013	Lyons	Elections; school; election for a millage, sinking fund, or bond; require to be held in August or November.	11/5/2013
HB 5152 referred 11/14/2013	Lyons	Elections; other; general amendments; provide for.	2/4/2014 2/11/2014	Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 2/11/2014
HB 5164 referred 12/4/2013	Schor	Campaign finance; advertising; issue advertisements; require disclosure.
HB 5222 referred 1/15/2014	Forlini	Campaign finance; statements and reports; period when disclosure is required for issue ads; change to 60 days before all elections.	1/28/2014 2/11/2014	Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 2/11/2014
HB 5283 referred 2/6/2014	Lane	Elections; other; use of filing fee for county offices and for office of state senator or representative; modify.
HB 5316 referred 2/12/2014	Schor	Elections; absent voters; definition of absent voter; expand to include an elector who applies in person at the clerk's office and who presents photo identification.
HB 5331 referred 2/18/2014	Leonard	Campaign finance; public funding; use of public funding in a primary election by a candidate that is unopposed; prohibit.
HB 5337 referred 2/18/2014	Cotter	Elections; other; filing fee for candidates to township offices; permit.
HB 5344 referred 2/20/2014	Lori	Elections; other; interstate compact to elect president by national popular vote; establish.
HB 5381 referred 3/4/2014	Townsend	Local government; other; local governments awarding contracts to vendors that made political contributions in the previous 12-month period; prohibit.
HB 5395 referred 3/6/2014	Schor	Elections; candidates; recognized diminutive for a candidate's given name, middle name, or surname; allow to be included on a ballot.
HB 5584 referred 5/20/2014	Lyons	Elections; scheduling; February regular election date; eliminate.
HB 5620 referred 6/4/2014	Oakes	Elections; offenses; penalties for providing false information to voters; provide for.
HB 5633 referred 6/4/2014	Roberts	Elections; registration; electronic submission of voter registration application on secretary of state's website; allow.
HB 5634 referred 6/4/2014	Knezek	Elections; absent voters; counting and tabulating of overseas and military voters' absentee ballots postmarked by the close of the polls on election day; allow.
HB 5635 referred 6/4/2014	Knezek	Elections; absent voters; electronic return of absentee ballots by members of the military; allow.
HB 5667 referred 6/12/2014	Lyons	Elections; voting equipment; selection of electronic voting system to be used in the county; clarify.	9/30/2014 12/9/2014	Reported with recommendation on 12/9/2014
HB 5693 referred 6/12/2014	Knezek	Elections; voting procedures; election by mail; implement.
HB 5737 referred 8/27/2014	Darany	Elections; precinct delegates; filing deadline for write-in candidates for precinct delegate; modify.
HB 5787 referred 9/10/2014	Hobbs	Elections; registration; resident address on driver license or personal identification card different from resident address on qualified voter file; permit.
HB 5788 referred 9/10/2014	Hobbs	Traffic control; driver license; resident address on driver license or personal identification card different from resident address on qualified voter file; permit.
HB 5789 referred 9/10/2014	Hobbs	Elections; registration; same-day voter registration; allow.
HB 5790 referred 9/10/2014	Hobbs	Housing; landlord and tenants; voter registration information for tenants; require owner to provide upon occupancy.
HB 5855 referred 9/23/2014	Darany	Elections; election officials; precinct inspectors tallying precinct delegate ballots separately; change from mandatory to permissive.
HB 5875 referred 10/1/2014	LaVoy	Elections; judicial; withdrawal date for judicial candidates; modify.
HB 5919 referred 11/6/2014	Irwin	Elections; petitions; process for counting duplicate petition signatures; provide for, and eliminate penalties.
HB 5955 referred 11/13/2014	MacMaster	Elections; candidates; candidates for governor, state senator, and state representative nominated at party conventions rather than at primary elections; require.
HB 5956 referred 11/13/2014	MacMaster	Elections; primary; closed primaries; require.
HB 5974 referred 11/13/2014	Lund	Elections; other; allocation of electoral votes; revise.	11/17/2014 12/2/2014
SB 283 referred 5/22/2013	Meekhof	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; annual signature requirement for political action committees checkoff for payroll deductions; eliminate.	6/18/2013	Reported with recommendation on 6/18/2013
SB 440 referred 11/14/2013	Robertson	Campaign finance; statements and reports; threshold for candidate committee to file electronically; reduce.	12/3/2013 12/10/2013	Reported with recommendation on 12/10/2013
SB 441 referred 11/14/2013	Robertson	Campaign finance; statements and reports; electronic filing and internet disclosure system; allow counties to adopt.	12/3/2013 12/10/2013	Reported with recommendation on 12/10/2013
SB 546 referred 10/16/2013	Robertson	Libraries; other; election of library boards; modify, and make other general revisions.	4/29/2014	Reported with recommendation on 4/29/2014
SB 661 referred 11/14/2013	Meekhof	Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; general amendments; provide for.	12/3/2013 12/10/2013	Reported with recommendation as amended on 12/10/2013
SB 1159 referred 12/11/2014	Richardville	Elections; primary; presidential primary election date; revise.	SB 1159
SB 1160 referred 12/11/2014	Richardville	Elections; primary; presidential primary election date; revise.	12/16/14
SB 1167 referred 12/11/2014	Robertson	Elections; petitions; requirement for petition circulators to be registered electors; eliminate.	12/16/2014	Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 12/16/2014
HJR I referred 2/6/2013	Townsend	Legislature; apportionment; redistricting; create a legislative and congressional redistricting commission.
HJR O referred 3/12/2013	Lamonte	Campaign finance; public disclosure; accountability and disclosure of corporate political and lobbying activities; include.
HJR P referred 3/12/2013	Brinks	Elections; candidates; residency requirement for state senate and state representative candidates; modify.
HJR T referred 6/11/2013	McCann	Legislature; apportionment; independent citizens redistricting commission; create.
HJR U referred 6/12/2013	Haveman	Legislature; legislators; term limits; modify.
HJR X referred 9/4/2013	McCann	Elections; scheduling; election of state senator or state representative if a major political party candidate vacancy occurs before the general November election; revise.
HJR GG referred 5/28/2014	McBroom	Education; board members; state board of education; require members to be elected from single-member districts.	6/4/2014	Reported with recommendation on 6/4/2014
HJR NN referred 9/30/2014	McMillin	Legislature; other; constitutional amendment imposing term limits on members of congress; petition congress to call a convention.