2025 bills / H.B. 498
H.B. 498 Statewide Referenda Modifications (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
The bill would give the sponsors of a statewide referendum petition more time to collect signatures needed to put the referendum on the ballot. It also adjusts related deadlines and the rules for when laws that could be subject to a referendum take effect.
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Official description
- extends the amount of time that the sponsors of a referendum petition have to gather signatures to qualify the referendum for the ballot
- makes conforming timeline changes to accommodate the extension of the signature-gathering period
- amends provisions regarding the effective date of legislation that may be subject to a referendum
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day H.B. 498 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.B. 498 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
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