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Committee advances bill to phase out paper petition signatures, require offline e-petition features
Summary
The Government Operations Committee voted to favorably recommend HB223, which sunsets paper petition signature gathering in 2030 and requires e-petition software to scan a driver license (or other valid voter ID) and support offline signature collection by 2028. The measure passed out of committee after debate and public testimony, 7–2.
Representative Jordan Tuscher urged the committee to back House Bill 223, which he said would “sunset the paper signature gathering in 2030” and require the state’s electronic petition platform to scan a driver license (or other valid voter identification) and support offline collection.
Tuscher told the panel the measure is aimed at reducing costs and administrative burdens, improving verification, and broadening access. He cited a grassroots referendum effort that, he said, faced roughly $1,000,000 in printing costs under current law and argued that an electronic system with ID scanning would allow near-instant verification and reduce clerks’ workloads.
Committee members probed technical…
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