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Committee hears brief testimony on bill to designate Election Day as a legislatively recognized day
Summary
House Bill 1116 would add Election Day to the list of legislatively recognized commemorative days; committee staff outlined an amendment removing a requirement for Secretary of State programming and offered a fiscal estimate; a single remote high-school student testified in favor.
House Bill 1116 would designate Election Day — the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November — as a legislatively recognized day and encourage government entities, schools and cultural organizations to conduct educational programming related to democracy and voting.
Connor Schiff, staff to the State Government and Tribal Relations Committee, briefed the committee on the bill and its details, including the bill’s encouragement of education…
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