Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on June 30, 2025. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 3816
Ensures boards of elections have discretion to make initial determination of validity of cast ballots; requires Secretary of State to establish uniform guidelines for assessing validity of ballots.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Oct 21
Chief co-sponsor from Jun 30, 2025
1 co-sponsor
Its course
October 24, 2024 to June 30, 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 3 days
In the SenateOct 24 to Jun 30 · stopped249 days
State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic PreservationOct 24 to Feb 25124 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation5–0
Do pass as amended · Feb 25, 2025
Who voted how
Yea James Beach, James W. Holzapfel, John F. McKeon, Shirley K. Turner, Vincent J. Polistina
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Feb 25, 2025
Text
Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Oct 24 – Jun 30, 2025
- Oct 24Introduced in the Senate and sent to State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
- Feb 25, 2025State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jun 30, 2025Carried on in A4969