AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- STATEWIDE REFERENDA ELECTIONS (Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with middle school reading comprehension skills.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2023
Last action Jun 9, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2023
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 28
Jun 8, 2023
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican3
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jun 9, 2023
Committee
06/09/2023 Referred to House State Government & Elections
lower
Jun 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Legislature · Passed
06/01/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Mar 7, 2023
Committee
03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 16, 2023
Introduced
02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bob Britto
DDemocratic
P
John Burke
DDemocratic
P
Meghan Kallman
DDemocratic
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