2025 bills / H.B. 369
H.B. 369 Elections Office (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill lets a conflict of interest elections officer step in for the lieutenant governor when a complaint or election dispute touches a race where the governor or lieutenant governor is a candidate, and sets that officer's terms and powers. It also creates an Elections Oversight Task Force with set membership, duties, reporting requirements, and a repeal date.
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Official description
- provides for the appointment of a conflict of interest elections officer to act in the place of the lieutenant governor if a complaint or election controversy arises that has any connection to a race for office in which the governor or lieutenant governor is, or seeks to be, a candidate
- describes the terms of service and authority of the conflict of interest elections officer
- creates the Elections Oversight Task Force and establishes the task force's:
- membership
- duties
- reporting requirements
- repeal date
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Every vote
- 10 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Government Operations Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/26/2025 4:27 PMWho voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Government Operations Committee: vote to approve it · 2/26/2025 4:27 PMWho voted how
- 70 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFinal House vote · 2/28/2025 2:32 PMWho voted how
- 2 yes, 5 noSenate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee: Senate vote, which failed · 3/4/2025 5:55 PMWho voted how