HB23-1185 Summary

• Establishes a 30-day deadline for city councils to appoint a person or order a special election to fill a mayor vacancy, with automatic special election ordered by city clerk if council lacks quorum within the 60-day period.

• Requires city councils to fill council member and other elective office vacancies within 60 days by appointment or election, with city clerk automatically calling a special election if council lacks quorum.

• Changes recall petition procedures to allow electronic transmission of clerk notices, require committee members to be registered electors, and add a prohibition on disassembly of petition sections.

• Clarifies ballot language and procedures for recall elections, including that successor votes shall not be recorded if the incumbent is not recalled, and establishes procedures when multiple officers are recalled from the same office.

• Takes effect 90 days after final adjournment of the general assembly, subject to voter approval at the November 2024 general election via referendum petition.