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Committee pauses bill that would remove explanatory guides from constitutional amendment ballots
Summary
The Election Law & Municipal Affairs Committee heard House Bill 1695, which would require strike‑through/bold formatting of proposed constitutional changes and remove separate voter guides; the Secretary of State's deputy raised concerns about ballot length and voter understandability. The committee voted to send the bill to interim study for redrafting.
The Senate committee opened public testimony on House Bill 1695, a proposal to change how proposed constitutional amendments appear on ballots and to repeal the statute authorizing voter guides. Representative (co‑sponsor) Senator Perkins Qu introduced the measure as a housekeeping change intended to make amendment language clearer to voters.
Brendan O'Donnell, Deputy Secretary of State, told the committee the…
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