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House advances phase‑3 election-code recodification bill; sponsors say it makes no substantive policy changes
Summary
Representative Bradshaw told the House HB58 reorganizes and cleans the election code rather than changing substance; the bill passed 67–4 and sponsors said 15 other bills depend on correct citations in this recodification.
Representative Bradshaw presented House Bill 58, the third phase of recodifying the state election code. He told colleagues the measure primarily reorganizes text, removes obsolete provisions, and makes the code easier to read; he said there are no substantive changes in HB58 itself and that 15 other bills await correct citations that will follow this housekeeping recodification.
Bradshaw credited staff and a working group — including political party leaders, county clerks, Common Cause, and the League of Women Voters — for the multi-year effort. He urged the House to pass the measure to clear the path for the other statutory items that depend on the reorganized sections.
After brief discussion and summation waived, the House voted to pass HB58 by 67 yes to 4 no and referred the bill to the Senate for its consideration.
