Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to nomination deadlines for nonparty political organizations
Sponsored by Sen. Jeff Taylor (R)
Topics:Elections & voting
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Political groups that are not official parties would have to submit their candidate nominations earlier than they do now. These groups must file for statewide offices 73 days before the November election and for local offices 69 days before the election. The bill also updates the deadlines for when people can file objections to these nominations.1
Read the official explanation
This bill changes the filing deadline for nominations by nonparty political organizations for all offices that are required to be filed in the office of the state commissioner of elections, including for president and vice president, to the 73rd day before the date of the general election to be held in November, and the filing deadline for offices required to be filed in the office of the county commissioner of elections to the 69th day before the date of the general election. These were the filing deadlines for such nominations prior to 2019. The bill also makes conforming changes to the deadlines for the filing of objections to such nominations.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 27, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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