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Committee approves first substitute to expand prohibitions on altering political signs

2249612 · February 7, 2025
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Summary

The House Operations Committee adopted a first substitute to HB 292 to prohibit attaching objects — including another political sign — that obscure or change the message of a political sign.

The committee adopted a first substitute to House Bill 292, clarifying that attaching or affixing an object — including another political sign — to a political sign, when that object obscures or changes the original message, is prohibited and subject to existing criminal penalties.

Representative Tusher, sponsor of the bill, said the change responds to incidents where one political sign was altered by affixing another sign or sticker that changed the message. “If…

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