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House Rules committee advances six bills to the floor with 'due pass' recommendations
Summary
At its June 9 meeting the House Committee on Rules voted to move six measures to the House floor with due pass recommendations, covering agency repeals and transfers, campaign‑finance privacy, voter‑pamphlet rules, election posting deadlines, candidate materials, and a conflict‑of‑interest adjustment for local budgets.
The House Committee on Rules on June 9 voted to advance six bills to the House floor with due‑pass recommendations after brief work sessions and committee roll calls.
The committee advanced these measures (motion and outcome summarized from committee proceedings):
- Senate Bill 47: A measure described by staff as eliminating obsolete entities and transferring certain duties; the committee voted to move SB 47 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation. Vice Chair Pham moved the bill; the roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion passed. The chair indicated the bill would be carried on the floor by Vice Chair Pham.
- Senate Bill 224: Staff described SB 224 as prohibiting the Secretary of State from publishing residential addresses on the electronic campaign‑finance filing system for individuals associated with campaign committees; it has an operative date of Jan. 2, 2027 and was moved to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation. The motion passed on recorded roll call votes.
- Senate Bill 578: Described as establishing deadlines for candidate portraits and statements to be included in county voter pamphlets; the committee voted to move SB 578 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
- Senate Bill 580: Described as establishing posting deadlines for documents related to elections; the committee moved SB 580 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
- Senate Bill 983: A bill allowing a public official to participate in adoption of a local budget that provides compensation or benefits to the official or a relative after publicly announcing the conflict; the committee voted to move SB 983 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation. The chair volunteered to carry SB 983 on the floor.
- Senate Bill 1014: A measure requiring the Secretary of State to allow translations of statements of arguments filed by statewide parties to be included in translated voter pamphlets on state and county websites; the bill permits translations into the five most commonly spoken languages in the state besides English and has an operative date of Jan. 31, 2026. The committee voted to move SB 1014 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
Committee staff summarized minimal fiscal impacts and no revenue impacts for several of the bills during the work sessions. Each motion to advance a bill was followed by a roll call; the committee’s recorded votes were affirmative and the motions carried.
Ending: The committee closed its work sessions after approving the due‑pass recommendations and adjourned the meeting.
