ELECTIONS/RECALL: Provides relative to recall petitions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB 221 is a procedural bill that adds a specific effective date to existing recall petition laws rather than creating new substantive rules. The legislation establishes that its provisions will only apply to recall petitions filed on or after January 1, 2025, ensuring that any petitions filed before that date remain governed by the previous statutes. This change clarifies when the updated legal framework takes effect but does not alter the actual process for citizens filing recall petitions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 27, 2024
Signed Jun 10, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2024 · House Apr 16, 2024
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 38
May 29, 2024
D
Democratic12
66% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 23, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Bayham
RRepublican
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