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House advances measure raising threshold and requiring draft for special-session polls after amendment fails
2375023 · February 21, 2025
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Summary
House Bill 348 would raise the number of legislators required to trigger a poll for a special session and require a draft bill with any poll request. An amendment to lower the threshold to 20 members failed; sponsor said the change is meant to curb frivolous special-session calls.
Representative G. Nicolakakos introduced House Bill 348, which would raise the number of legislators required to trigger a poll to call a special session from 10 to 30 and require those requesting a poll to submit draft legislation with the request. "Special session is serious business," the…
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