HB5550 Summary

• Extends the timeframe for the board of state canvassers to meet and review state-level recall petitions from 20 days to 40 days after submission.

• Extends the timeframe for the board of county election commissioners to meet and review local-level recall petitions from 20 days to 40 days after submission.

• Extends the appeal period for recall petition determinations from 40 days to 40 days after the date of appeal (no change), with the same 40-day maximum before circulation can proceed.

• Updates gender-neutral language by replacing "his or her" with "the officer's" and "a person" with "an individual" throughout recall petition requirements.

• Removes a provision requiring that recall petition reasons based on specific legislation must not misrepresent the legislation content (removed only for local officers under section 952, retained for state officers under section 951a).