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2023 SESSION

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SB 495 Elections; removal of officers, recall elections, application for recall petition.

Introduced by: Jennifer McClellan-Resigned | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Elections; removal of officers; recall elections; petition. Provides for the removal of certain elected officers and officers appointed to elected offices by recall referendum. The bill requires a petition for recall be signed by 30 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office for which a recall is sought.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/22  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101043D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/01/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105067D-S1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/11/22  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101043D
• 01/11/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/01/22  Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
• 02/01/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105067D-S1
• 02/01/22  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/08/22  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
• 02/09/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/22  Senate: Read second time
• 02/10/22  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/10/22  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22105067D-S1
• 02/10/22  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB495S1
• 02/11/22  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
• 02/21/22  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/21/22  House: Read first time
• 02/21/22  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 03/01/22  House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
• 03/02/22  House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023 by voice vote
• 03/04/22  House: Continued to 2023 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
• 11/22/22  House: Left in Privileges and Elections