HB1075 Summary

• Allows legislative candidates to file either a nominating petition or a political party certificate of endorsement with their county auditor, similar to procedures for state candidates filing with the secretary of state.

• Requires legislative candidates to file petitions or certificates between the first date for circulating nominations and before 4 p.m. on the sixty-fourth day before any primary election.

• Sets signature requirements for legislative office petitions at least one percent of the total resident population of the legislative district based on the most recent federal decennial census, with a maximum of 300 signatures.

• Directs county auditors in multi-county legislative districts to certify candidate names and addresses to both other affected county auditors and the secretary of state.

• Updates multiple election code sections to reference appropriate filing officers (county auditors for legislative candidates) instead of the secretary of state, and replaces gendered language ("person") with "individual" throughout.