l9n/ Oregon

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 2580

Requires that general or special election ballots list name of candidate for partisan office for each nomination candidate receives, with name of each political party that nominated candidate printed opposite one of listings of candidate's name.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on June 29, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Requires that general or special election ballots list name of candidate for partisan office for each nomination candidate receives, with name of each political party that nominated candidate printed opposite one of listings of candidate's name. Allows candidate to decline to be listed as nominee of specific political party. Specifies that votes cast for candidate of affiliation of electors or minor political party on ballot line marked for that affiliation or party count toward vote requirement for minor political party formation. Specifies that multiple votes for candidate on same ballot for same office count as vote for that candidate only as major political party candidate.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

6 co-sponsors

Jeff Barker, Vicki Berger, Ben Cannon, Michael Dembrow, Chris Garrett, Arnie Roblan

In the Senate

    2 co-sponsors

    Brian Boquist, Diane Rosenbaum

    Its course

    February 5 to June 29, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action4 actions on 4 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Jun 29 · stopped144 days

    Waiting for a committeeFeb 5 to Feb 116 days

    RulesFeb 11 to Jun 29 · stopped138 days

    Text

    Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Jun 29

    1. Feb 5Introduced
    2. Feb 11Sent to Rules
    3. Feb 23Heard in Rules
    4. Jun 29Died when the session ended
    All 4 actions, as published
    1. Feb 5First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
    2. Feb 11Referred to Rules.House of Representatives
    3. Feb 23Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
    4. Jun 29In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives