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Committee approves moving primary effective date to 2028; bill to move primary to June advances
Summary
Lawmakers approved an amendment changing an election-timing bill’s effective date from Jan. 1, 2027, to Jan. 1, 2028, and moved the underlying bill as amended. The amendment also addresses inspector-of-elections timing; the committee approved the amendment and then the bill as amended on voice votes.
The Judiciary committee approved an amendment to a bill that would move the state primary to June, changing the bill’s effective date from Jan. 1, 2027, to Jan. 1, 2028, and addressing the timing of the inspector of elections.
Senator Perkins Voker moved amendment 3041s to underlying House Bill 481; she said the amendment “changes the effective date from 01/01/2027 to 01/01/2028” and also moves up the inspector-of-elections provision to address the chairman’s concern. The amendment was moved, seconded and…
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