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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 862

AN ACT CONCERNING CLARITY AND SIMPLICITY OF MUNICIPAL REFERENDUM QUESTIONS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 6, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) establish standards for municipal referendum question language designed to increase clarity and simplicity for voters, and (2) provide for review, and approval or disapproval, of such municipal referendum question language by the Secretary of the State.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Rick Lopes

In the House of Representatives

    4 co-sponsors

    Gary A. Turco Jr., Emmanuel Sanchez, Robert Sanchez, Peter A. Tercyak

    Its course

    January 20 to April 6, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action12 actions on 9 days

    In the SenateJan 20 to Apr 6 · stopped76 days

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeJan 20 to Mar 2261 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 20 – Mar 22

    1. Jan 20Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Mar 2Drafted as a bill by Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Mar 3Sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    4. Mar 6Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    5. Mar 22Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
    All 12 actions, as published
    1. Jan 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 10Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Mar 2DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Mar 3REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Mar 6PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Mar 22Joint FavorableBoth houses
    7. Mar 23FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    8. Mar 31REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    9. Apr 6RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Apr 6FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    11. Apr 6SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    12. Apr 6FILE NO.Both houses