General Bill
Constitutional Amendments Proposed by Initiative:
Requires supervisors of elections to verify the first 10 percent of initiative petition signatures within 30 days after submission; requires sponsors of initiative petitions to submit the required signatures to the supervisors of elections no later than 180 days before the next general election; requires the Attorney General to attach to each petition a motion requesting that the Supreme Court expedite its review of initiative petitions; requires supervisors of elections to conduct a name-by-name, signature-by-signature check of the number of authorized signatures on initiative petitions; reduces the period for which petition signatures remain valid; requires an attesting witness 18 years of age or older to each petition signature; provides that a petition form is illegal if it does not include the signature and address of the attesting witness; requires a printed warning of the penalty for fraudulent signing; prohibits and provides penalties for giving or offering to give anything of value in exchange for petition signatures; requires prompt verification of elector signatures.
Effective Date:
Not Specified
Last Event:
Died in Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections on Friday, April 30, 2004 11:40 PM
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Bill #:
HB 1743
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Financial Impact Statements for Proposed Constitutional Amendments
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SB 458
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Constitutional Amendments/Initiative
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CS/CS/SB 1700
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Constitutional Amendments
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CS/SB 2920
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Constitutional Amendments/Initiative
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H Died in Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections
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04/30/2004 - 11:40 PM
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Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections
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H 1st Reading
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03/03/2004 - 1:22 AM
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H Now In Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections
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02/05/2004 - 5:59 PM
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Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections
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H Bill referred to Appropriations
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Time:
02/05/2004 - 5:59 PM
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Appropriations
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H Bill referred to Procedures
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02/05/2004 - 5:59 PM
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Procedures
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H Bill referred to Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections
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Time:
02/05/2004 - 5:59 PM
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Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections
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H Filed timely
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Time:
01/23/2004 - 3:33 PM
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Member:
Kendrick
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