2025 bills / H.B. 170
H.B. 170 Initiatives and Referenda Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The Legislature's research office must write an impartial summary of each proposed statewide initiative law or law a statewide referendum seeks to overturn, following set drafting and challenge procedures. Signature packets must include that summary, and signers may read it instead of the full law. Signers must read the entire packet statement but need not attest they understand it.
Plain-English summary written by AI from the official description. Check the official text below.
Official description
- defines terms
- requires the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to draft an impartial petition summary of:
- a law proposed by a statewide initiative; or
- a law that a statewide referendum seeks to overturn
- establishes requirements and procedures for drafting and for challenging a petition summary
- requires that the petition summary is included with the signature packets for a statewide initiative or a statewide referendum and provides that a petition signer may read the petition summary rather than the entire text of the law that is the subject of the petition
- provides that an individual who signs an initiative packet or a referendum packet must read the entire statement included with the packet
- provides that the attestation relating to reading a statement provided with an initiative packet or a referendum packet or reading the law to which the initiative or referendum relates, does not require an attestation that the individual understands the statement or law
- makes technical and conforming changes
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