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OH HB299
Bill
Status
Introduced
5/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brian Lorenz
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AI Summary
- Statewide initiative petition circulators must obtain a license from the Secretary of State, valid for 24 months, requiring name, date of birth, residence address, and notarized application
- Circulators must include their license number on the circulator's statement when collecting signatures for statewide initiative petitions proposing constitutional amendments or laws
- Secretary of State must issue licenses within 10 business days of receiving valid applications and maintain a registry of current and former licensed circulators for boards of elections to verify petitions
- Part-petitions lacking a valid circulator license will not be properly verified and signatures collected by unlicensed circulators will be rejected
- Circulator applications and the registry are exempt from public records disclosure; petitions signed before the law's effective date remain valid under prior requirements
Legislative Description
Require licensure of statewide initiative petition circulators
Elections
Last Action
Referred to committee: General Government
5/28/2025
Committee Referrals
General Government5/28/2025
Full Bill Text
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