Bills / H.B. 583
H.B. 583 Initiative and Referenda Signature Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would allow a person who signed an initiative or referendum petition to correct, or cure, a problem with their signature, similar to how ballot signatures can already be cured. The sponsor said the state's clerk offices do not yet have the technology to do this, so the bill is intended as a topic to keep studying.
Plain-English summary written by AI from the sponsor’s presentation in committee and on the floor. Check the official text below.
Official description
- establishes a process to cure a signature on an initiative or referendum petition that is declared invalid by a county clerk because the signature does not match the signature on file in the statewide voter registration database
- requires a county clerk to notify an individual described above when the county clerk determines that the individual's signature does not match the signature on file
- allows the individual to cure the invalid signature by delivering to the county clerk a signed affidavit attesting to the validity of the signature
- establishes deadlines related to the processes described above
- provides that a county clerk may not count the individual's signature as valid unless the affidavit is timely received
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Every vote
- 7 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse Government Operations Committee: vote, which it did not pass · Feb 27, 2026Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 27, 2026 House Government Operations Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (30 turns) →