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CS/HB 7111: Constitutional Amendments

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Judiciary Committee ; Grant, J.

Constitutional Amendments; Requires sponsor of initiative amendment to register with Secretary of State & provide certain information; provides requirements for sponsor that gathers petition forms; provides for imposition of fines for failure to deliver petition forms within specified time period; revises requirements for supervisor to verify signature on petition form; revises information that Financial Impact Estimating Conference should include in initiative financial information statement; prohibits compensation for initiative petition circulators based on number of petition forms gathered; prohibits submission of certain false information & failure to disclose certain information; provides penalties.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 5 (Ch. 2019-64)
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
4/1/2019 House • Filed
• Introduced -HJ 547
4/3/2019 House • Referred to State Affairs Committee -HJ 565
4/16/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/18/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
4/18/2019 House • CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 8 -HJ 758
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 757
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
• CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 757
4/24/2019 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 809
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/25/2019 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 859
• CS passed; YEAS 71 NAYS 41 -HJ 859
4/25/2019 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 516
• Received -SJ 516
5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 5 (Ch. 2019-64)