HB1153Introduced in the House
LOCAL OFFICIAL VACANCY POSTING
Introduced by Margaret DeLaRosa, District 42
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Creates the Local Official Vacancy Posting Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall post every elected official vacancy on its website, if the full-time staff of the municipality maintain the website, and the county clerk shall also post the vacancy on the county clerk website. Provides that the unit of local government may not fill the vacancy until the posting has been on the municipality's website, or the county's website if the municipality does not have full-time staff maintaining a website, for at least 15 days. Limits home rule powers.
Where it stands
Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Margaret A. DeLaRosa
February 5, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
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Bill history
Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Terra Costa Howard
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Ethics & Elections
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Margaret A. DeLaRosa
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