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Senate committee advances substitute for signature-gathering reform after hours of amendment votes
Summary
The Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs and Elections Committee advanced a proposed substitute to SB5973 that addresses pay-per-signature practices and pre-filing signature thresholds after debating 12 amendments; the substitute received a due-pass recommendation to the Rules Committee on a voice vote.
The Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs and Elections Committee on Jan. 23 advanced a proposed substitute to Senate Bill 5,973, a package of reforms aimed at the collection of signatures for initiatives and referenda, sending the substitute to the Rules Committee with a due-pass recommendation.
Committee staff summarized the bill as prohibiting pay-per-signature practices and (in the bill’s original form) requiring 1,000 signatures as a pre-filing threshold for initiatives. During an extended executive-session review, staff described proposed Substitute A (sponsored by Senator Valdez) and a set of 12 amendments to the substitute and 13 amendments to the underlying bill. The substitute removes the pre-filing requirement for referenda and specifies that any signatures collected to meet a…
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