Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1053
Requires each county clerk to permit authorized persons to observe the receiving and counting of votes.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act says that county clerks must permit certain people to observe ballot counts. The Act requires that those people must be allowed to watch certain procedures. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.9). Requires each county clerk to permit authorized persons to observe the receiving and counting of votes. Requires that, at a minimum, authorized persons must be permitted to observe any signature verification procedure.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 18 to June 27, 2025, 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 action3 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 18 to Jun 27 · stopped129 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 18 to Feb 180 days
RulesFeb 18 to Jun 27 · stopped129 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.