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Committee amends bond‑election law to require fuller turnout; moves measure with 25% threshold
Summary
House Bill 79, which would require a minimum turnout for bond elections held off the general election day, was amended in committee to set the required turnout at 25% of the prior general election's turnout (plus one) and passed 9–0 after debate Tuesday.
Representative Skybar introduced House Bill 79, a proposal to add a voter‑turnout threshold for bond elections held on dates other than the general election. The bill’s sponsor highlighted low turnout in recent special bond elections and said the measure would encourage better public notice or move bond questions to general election dates.
“The data I gathered from last bond elections … in my county the last one we had, there was 7,173 eligible voters. Only 347 voted. That's 4.84%,” Representative Skybar told the committee as background for the proposal.
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