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ID H0444
Bill
Status
2/3/2014
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
House Bill 444 Summary
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Repeals and replaces county initiative and referendum requirements, setting petition signature thresholds at 20% of electors who voted in the last general election, with referendum petitions due within 60 days of ordinance adoption and initiative petitions due within 75 days of form approval.
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Authorizes counties to adopt certified electronic poll books and requires the secretary of state to provide testing and usage instructions.
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Prohibits candidates from appearing on ballots for more than one judicial office and allows electors to change party affiliation on absentee ballot applications for primary elections.
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Establishes statewide procedures for local entity (city and county) initiative and referendum processes, allowing local governments to adopt qualifying measures within 30 days or place them before voters.
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Revises election levy disclosure requirements to include information in ballot language or separate official statements rather than requiring separate ordinances.
Legislative Description
Repeals, amends and adds to existing law to provide for initiative and referendum and to provide minimum requirements of a certain ordinance; to define a term; to revise provisions relating to disclosures in elections to authorize a levy; to provide that no candidate's name may appear on a ballot for more than one judicial office; to remove language that prohibits an elector from changing certain information on an application for absentee ballot; to authorize county adoption of an electronic poll book and to provide related requirements; to provide initiative and referendum procedures for local entities; to remove reference to an ordinance, to revise the period of time within which petitions for referendum are required to be filed and to provide a filing time frame for certain petitions for initiative.
ELECTIONS
Last Action
Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
2/4/2014