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Committee backs bill letting voters with children under 2 cut to front of line
Summary
The committee unanimously approved HB502, which would allow voters accompanied by a child under age 2 to go to the front of the voting line during early voting and on Election Day as a courtesy similar to existing accommodations for seniors and voters with disabilities.
Representative Draper presented HB502 (HB502LC47346S), telling the committee the bill would remove the "wait time guessing game" for voters accompanied by very young children by allowing, at a voter's option, those with a child under 2 to move to the front of the line for early voting and on Election Day.
Draper framed the measure as bipartisan and noted prior unanimous committee support in earlier appearances. After a brief procedural exchange and no substantive objections, the committee voted by voice and the motion to pass carried.
The transcript records no roll-call tally; action in committee was by voice vote and the motion carried.
