HB0057 Summary

• Exempts name changes resulting from civil unions (formation, dissolution, or declaration of invalidity) from candidate ballot name disclosure requirements, treating them the same as marriage-related name changes.

• Exempts name changes that conform a candidate's name to their gender identity from the requirement to list former names on nomination petitions, certificates, and ballots.

• Applies exemptions uniformly across all five amended Election Code sections governing candidate name designation on petitions, certificates, and ballots.

• Becomes effective immediately upon passage.