05/19/2020 10:00 AM House STATE AFFAIRS

                     HB 150-VOTING BY MAIL                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
10:50:55 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  KREISS-TOMKINS   announced  that  the  next   order  of                                                               
business would  be HOUSE  BILL NO. 150,  "An Act  requiring state                                                               
elections and local  elections that the state  is responsible for                                                               
conducting to  be conducted by  mail; requiring  certain vote-by-                                                               
mail ballots  and election  materials to  be provided  in certain                                                               
written  languages other  than  English;  establishing an  online                                                               
ballot   tracking    and   registration    verification   system;                                                               
establishing voting  centers and  ballot drop  boxes; eliminating                                                               
the  use  of polling  places,  absentee  ballots, and  questioned                                                               
ballots  in certain  elections;  and providing  for an  effective                                                               
date."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS asked  for a motion to  adopt a committee                                                               
substitute.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
10:51:13 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOPKINS moved  to  adopt  the proposed  committee                                                               
substitute  (CS)  for  HB   150,  Version  31-LS0311\M,  Bullard,                                                               
1/10/20,  as the  working document.   There  being no  objection,                                                               
Version M was before the committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
10:51:30 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  KREISS-TOMKINS  explained  that Version  M  is  modeled                                                               
after  the Colorado  system, which  includes  all the  provisions                                                               
discussed by  Ms. McReynolds.  He  noted that Version M  has some                                                               
adaptations for  Alaska and  the intent is  to parse  through the                                                               
language to refine and improve  the legislation's substance so as                                                               
to create  an optimal policy  document that the  legislature will                                                               
be positioned to act on in the future.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS announced that HB 150 was held over.