Bills / H.B. 170
H.B. 170 School Board Referendum Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill would let voters challenge local school board decisions through a referendum, unless the board passes the decision by a supermajority vote. Tax increases and personnel decisions are excluded from referendum, and a referendum on a local school tax law could be decided by an all-mail election within 30 to 60 days after signatures qualify.
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Official description
- defines terms
- subject to certain exceptions, establishes a process for voters who are residents of a school district to hold a referendum on a law passed by the school district's local school board, including a law that increases a tax or imposes a new tax
- includes a coordination clause to add a reference to a referable local school tax law being enacted in this bill to similar language being enacted in H.B. 32, Signature Gathering and Verification Amendments
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 10 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote, which it did not pass · Jan 29, 2026Who voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 3, 2026Who voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 3, 2026Who voted how
- 50 yes, 21 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · Feb 13, 2026Who voted how
- 3 yes, 1 no, 3 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 25, 2026Who voted how
- 9 yes, 15 no, 5 absentSenate vote, which failed · Mar 6, 2026Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Jan 29, 2026 House Revenue and Taxation Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (25 turns) →
- Feb 3, 2026 House Revenue and Taxation Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (19 turns) →
- Feb 13, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (32 turns) →
- Feb 25, 2026 Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (34 turns) →
- Mar 6, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (13 turns) →