HB 2575 Summary

• Establishes a pilot program beginning January 1, 2021, requiring all candidates for county office to take the civics practice test published by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

• Candidates must complete the civics practice test to have their names printed on official county election ballots; passing is not required, but completion is mandatory.

• The office of elections must publish on its website which candidates passed and which failed the test, with a 60 percent correct threshold required to pass.

• The office of elections must submit a report with findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2025 regular session convenes.

• The pilot program terminates on June 30, 2025, and the entire Act repeals on that date.