HB 1521 CS (2003) -  Constitutional Amendments Proposed by Initiative

General Bill by Kendrick (CO-SPONSORS) Garcia, R.; Hogan
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 electors 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 doesn't 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: Except as otherwise provided herein, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law
Last Event: Died in Committee on Finance & Tax on Friday, May 2, 2003 6:15 PM

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Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: SB 1322 Subject: Constitutional Amendments Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 2644 Subject: Constitutional Amend./Initiative Relationship: Compare

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Committee on Finance & Tax Time: 05/02/2003 - 6:15 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Version:
Event: H Bill now in Finance & Tax Time: 04/22/2003 - 10:57 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Appropriations Time: 04/22/2003 - 10:57 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Finance & Tax Time: 04/22/2003 - 10:57 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Version:
Event: H Recommendation: CS by Procedures : Pending review of CS under Rule 6.3 Time: 04/16/2003 - 10:04 PM Member: Committee: Procedures Version:
Event: H Bill passed referred committee Time: 04/16/2003 - 10:04 AM Member: Committee: Procedures Version:
Event: H Bill reported out of committee meeting Time: 04/16/2003 - 10:04 AM Member: Committee: Procedures Version:
Event: H Bill Passed referred committee with amendment(s) Time: 03/31/2003 - 4:36 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections Version:
Event: H Bill reported out of committee meeting Time: 03/31/2003 - 4:36 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections Version:
Event: H Bill added to Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections agenda Time: 03/25/2003 - 4:24 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Appropriations Time: 03/14/2003 - 10:17 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Finance & Tax Time: 03/14/2003 - 10:17 AM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Procedures Time: 03/14/2003 - 10:17 AM Member: Committee: Procedures Version:
Event: H Bill referred to Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections Time: 03/14/2003 - 10:17 AM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Ethics & Elections Version:
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/06/2003 - 8:56 AM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H File timely Time: 03/06/2003 - 8:56 AM Member: Kendrick Committee: Version:

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
15.21 HB 1883
16.061 HB 1883
99.097 HB 1803
100.371 HB 1883
100.381 HB 1883
101.161 HB 1883
216.136 HB 1831, HB 1883