SB 460: Special Elections
GENERAL BILL by Polsky
Special Elections; Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Governor to call a special primary election and a special election under a certain circumstance; requiring the Governor to fix the dates of a special election within a specified timeframe after the vacancy occurs; authorizing qualified electors to file a petition in the circuit court seeking judicial determination of an election date under specified conditions; deleting the authority of the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to waive specified timeframes if all parties concur, etc.
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 11/12/2025 Senate • Filed
12/1/2025 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules
1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
1/30/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
2/4/2026 Senate • Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2/5/2026 Senate • Now in Judiciary
• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
2/10/2026 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
2/11/2026 Senate • Now in Rules
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SB 460, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/12/2025 at 8:51 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 2/3/2026 (pdf)
Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 2/5/2026 (pdf)
Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/9/2026 (pdf)
Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/11/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 597 Special Elections Gottlieb Identical Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) 
Committee Votes (2)
Date Committee Result 2/4/2026 10:30 AM Ethics and Elections 8 Yeas - 0 Nays 2/10/2026 12:00 PM Judiciary 11 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 100.111 Filling vacancy. Page 2 (pdf) 100.141 Notice of special election to fill any vacancy in office. Page 7 (pdf)