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Senate committee hears cleanup bill to clarify local ballot and petition procedures
Summary
Senate Bill 11 would align local-government ballot issue language with state law and clarify local petition procedures; proponents cited the need for a consistent legal review process while the sponsor flagged a technical numbering fix and an unresolved small fiscal note.
Senate Bill 11, presented to the Senate Local Government Committee by Sen. Forrest Mandeville, would revise how local‑government ballot issues and petitions are processed to align with existing statewide petition law. Mandeville said the bill, requested by the Senate Administration and Veterans Affairs Interim Committee, is primarily a technical cleanup to clarify how local measures get on the ballot and to provide a consistent framework for county clerks and recorders.
"This would revise local government ballot issues to just clarify," sponsor Forrest Mandeville said when he introduced the…
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