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Senate rejects third substitute for electronic signature collection bill after privacy and fiscal concerns
Summary
The Utah Senate debated and ultimately rejected a third substitute to House Bill 223, which would have phased in mandatory electronic signature gathering for initiatives, referendums and candidate petitions through 2032 amid concerns about privacy, implementation difficulty and an unresolved fiscal note.
The Utah Senate debated a third substitute to House Bill 223 for more than an hour before voting the measure down on final passage. Senator Evan Stevenson, the floor sponsor, said the bill creates a transition timeline to move petition signature gathering from paper to electronic systems — 10% electronic by 2028, 50% by 2030 and 100% by 2032 — with security standards set by the lieutenant governor’s office and annual implementation…
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