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HB2056Introduced in the House

Senate Substitute for HB 2056- Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official; requiring that any person nominated for an elected office accept such nomination by signing a notarized statement of acceptance and restricting the number of nominations a person may accept to one nomination per election cycle.

Passed

Introduced by Federal and State Affairs

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Senate Substitute for HB 2056- Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official; requiring that any person nominated for an elected office accept such nomination by signing a notarized statement of acceptance and restricting the number of nominations a person may accept to one nomination per election cycle.

Where it stands

House Will become law without Governor's signature

April 10, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 88 Nay: 37 · March 27, 2025

88

Yes

37

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

125 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Dale Helwig1Yes
Kenneth Collins2Yes
Charles Smith3Yes
Rick James4Yes
Carrie Barth5Yes
Samantha Poetter Parshall6Yes
Dan Goddard7Yes
Chris Croft8Yes
Fred Gardner9Yes
Suzanne Wikle10No

Bill history

  1. House Introduced

  2. House Referred to Committee on Elections

  3. House Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 218-N

  4. House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Elections

  5. House Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Calendar and Printing

  6. House Withdrawn from Committee on Calendar and Printing; Referred to Committee on Elections

  7. House Withdrawn from Committee on Elections and re-referred to Committee of the Whole

  8. House Committee of the Whole - Be passed

  9. House Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 118 Nay: 1

  10. Senate Received and Introduced

  11. Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  12. Senate Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  13. Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed

  14. Senate Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed

  15. Senate Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 34 Nay: 6

  16. House Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Proctor , Representative Waggoner and Representative Haskins as conferees

  17. Senate Motion to accede adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees

  18. Senate Conference committee report now available

  19. Senate Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as second conferees

  20. House Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Proctor, Representative Waggoner and Representative Haskins appointed as second conferees

  21. Senate Conference committee report now available

  22. Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 34 Nay: 6

  23. House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 88 Nay: 37

  24. House Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025

  25. House Will become law without Governor's signature

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