HB 1-ELECTION REGISTRATION AND VOTING                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:09:12 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS  announced that the first  order of business                                                               
would be HOUSE  BILL NO. 1, "An Act relating  to absentee voting,                                                               
voting,  and   voter  registration;  relating  to   early  voting                                                               
locations  at  which  persons  may  vote  absentee  ballots;  and                                                               
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS  explained that  CSHB 1, which  was reported                                                               
out of the House State  Affairs Standing Committee on 3/23/17, is                                                               
again before  the committee  to address a  procedural error.   He                                                               
relayed that an objection to  Conceptual Amendment 1 had not been                                                               
removed before the bill was moved out of committee.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:09:35 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KNOPP  moved  to   rescind  committee  action  of                                                               
3/21/17  moving CSHB  1(STA) out  of committee.   There  being no                                                               
objection, the action was rescinded.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:09:58 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LEDOUX  withdrew  her  motion  to  move  CSHB  1,                                                               
Version  30-LS0070\O,  Bullard,  3/14/17,   as  amended,  out  of                                                               
committee.  There being no objection, her motion was withdrawn.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:10:17 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KNOPP withdrew his  Conceptual Amendment 1 to CSHB                                                               
1, Version O.   There being no objection,  Conceptual Amendment 1                                                               
was withdrawn.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:10:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KNOPP moved  to adopt  committee substitute  (CS)                                                               
for  HB  1, Version  30-LS0070\U,  Bullard,  3/14/17, as  a  work                                                               
draft.   There being  no objection,  Version U  was adopted  as a                                                               
work draft.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:10:54 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KNOPP  moved  to   report  CSHB  1,  Version  30-                                                               
LS0070\U,  Bullard,  3/14/17  out of  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations and the accompanying zero fiscal note.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KREISS-TOMKINS objected  for  purpose of  discussion.   He                                                               
explained that Version  U is the CS  introduced by Representative                                                               
Tuck, and  Conceptual Amendment 1,  which was withdrawn,  will be                                                               
addressed in the next committee of referral.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS removed his objection  to the motion.  There                                                               
being no further  objection, CSHB 1(STA) was reported  out of the                                                               
House State Affairs Standing Committee.