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Committee adopts amendments on U.S. Senate vacancy law, bars governor from appointing self
Summary
Senate Bill 952, as amended, requires the governor to be able to make a temporary appointment to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy, sets a special-election window of 80–150 days after a vacancy, and includes an amendment prohibiting the governor from appointing themselves; the committee moved the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The Senate committee voted Monday to approve amendments to Senate Bill 952 and send the measure to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill and the amendments address how vacancies in the office of United States Senator are filled, clarify special-election timing and prohibit a governor from appointing themselves to a vacant U.S. Senate seat.
Leslie, the committee staff member who summarized the bill, told the panel that the bill “requires the governor to temporarily fill vacancies for The United States Senator by appointment in addition to the current requirement that a vacancy be filled by…
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