2025 bills / S.B. 341
S.B. 341 Election Modifications (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill sets rules for when the lieutenant governor has a conflict of interest in election, campaign finance, or lobbying matters, such as races where the governor or lieutenant governor is running. In those cases, the lieutenant governor must, or in some situations may, hand certain duties to a county clerk, and the attorney general must, or may, act in the lieutenant governor's place for fact-finding, legal interpretation, or penalties. The bill also has the state board of canvassers canvass regular and presidential primary results.
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Official description
- defines terms
- establishes requirements and procedures addressing circumstances when the lieutenant governor may have a real or perceived conflict of interest in certain matters relating to the administration of elections, the regulation of campaign finance requirements or reporting requirements, or the regulation of lobbying, including:
- requiring, or in certain circumstances permitting, the lieutenant governor to delegate certain duties to a county clerk that relate to a race where the governor or lieutenant governor are running for office
- requiring, or in certain circumstances permitting, the attorney general to act in the place of the lieutenant governor in relation to matters requiring factual determinations, interpreting or applying the law, or imposing penalties
- provides that the state board of canvassers shall canvass regular primary election results and presidential primary election results
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 7 yes, 0 noSenate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to approve it · Mar 3, 2025Who voted how
- 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 4, 2025Who voted how