Committee Bill No. 5041 Summary

• Allows major parties to make holding state and district endorsing conventions optional rather than mandatory, with parties able to nominate candidates exclusively through primaries if they choose.

• Modifies convention procedures to clarify that conventions are now discretionary, allowing parties to provide in their rules whether conventions will be held for candidate endorsement.

• Maintains the 15 percent delegate vote threshold for candidates to challenge a party-endorsed candidate in a primary, or the alternative 2 percent petition signature requirement.

• Updates timing requirements for delegate selection (between 140-133 days before primary) and convention scheduling (98-77 days before primary) to accommodate optional convention framework.

• Applies changes to state offices, district offices, and municipal offices, with corresponding updates to vacancy-filling procedures and Citizens' Election Program funding eligibility standards.