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Bill to standardize school board filing hours cleared by committee
Summary
Senate Bill presented to require consistent filing hours for school board candidates after counties and clerks reported inconsistent opening times; committee approved the measure by voice vote.
Senator Kroll presented a bill to the City, County & Local Affairs Committee — Senate aimed at standardizing the filing period start time for school board candidates across counties.
"This bill, there was actually no designated time for the filing period for school boards," Senator Kroll told the committee, describing reports that some counties opened filing at 8 a.m., some at 10 a.m. and others at noon. She said the County Clerk's Association, the School Board Association and the State Board of Elections support consistent filing times so all jurisdictions follow the same schedule.
Committee members asked procedural questions and heard that the bill's purpose is to make filing times consistent across counties. Senator Crow closed by asking colleagues for a "good vote" and the committee approved the measure by voice vote; no roll‑call was recorded in the transcript.
The transcript did not include the bill number in standard form beyond the presenter’s spoken sequence or a fiscal note; details such as the exact required filing hour or effective date were not specified in committee testimony.
