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Committee passes bill allowing counties to designate restrooms for election workers, restrict campaign clothing in facilities
Summary
HB 659, which authorizes county election commissions to designate restroom facilities for election workers and requires workers to cover or remove campaign clothing before using those facilities, passed the subcommittee 7–0 after the sponsor described an amendment changing the effective date.
Representative Chisholm presented HB 659 and an amendment that revised the effective date, then described the bill’s core requirements for county election commissions.
The sponsor said the amendment "merely changed the effective date to July 1 of this year" and described the bill: it "authorizes county elections commissions to designate restroom facilities in a building in which a the election is being held for the use of workers and volunteers for the campaign," and it "requires any campaign work or volunteer to cover or remove clothing or anything bearing campaign material before entering the facilities." Representative Chisholm said the proposals were consistent with existing county practices in many places and that the state elections director had no opposition.
The committee voted to pass the bill 7–0 and sent it to the full State and Local committee.
