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Senate backs bill allowing updated fiscal notes for ballot questions before printing
Summary
House Bill 1063 would permit updated fiscal estimates for initiated measures and amendments prior to printing ballots so voters receive more current fiscal information; sponsor cited experience with a measure where the fiscal note was published 23 months before the election.
The Senate passed House Bill 1063 to allow updated fiscal notes for ballot questions (initiated measures and amendments) prior to printing ballots, enabling the Legislative Research Council to publish more current fiscal estimates.
Senator Vilhauer told colleagues the bill responds to situations like Initiated Measure 28, for which the fiscal note was published more than a year before the general election. "Fiscal notes are published more than one year prior to the general election and cannot be updated," Vilhauer said. The bill would let those estimates be updated before ballots are printed so voters have the best available information.
Floor debate was limited; the roll call recorded 35 yeas and 0 nays and the President declared the bill passed. The title was deemed correct.
Ending: HB 1063 will allow fiscal estimates for ballot questions to be updated prior to ballot printing; the Legislative Research Council will implement the procedure if the bill becomes law.
