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Senate restores age limit for petition circulators after debate on youth participation
Summary
A contentious floor debate over whether petition circulators should be allowed at age 16 or limited to 18 ended with the Senate restoring an age‑18 requirement in Substitute House Bill 8 and advancing the bill (27‑2).
Senate debate on Substitute H.B. 8 (election‑law changes) centered on who may collect signatures for petitions and who may verify them. The bill includes several technical changes to petition and election procedures; the floor debate focused on an amendment that had changed the minimum age for petition gatherers to 16.
Senator Hilliard moved to delete the committee's change and restore an 18‑year minimum, arguing that collecting…
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