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CS/CS/SB 438: Term Limits

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Community Affairs ; Ingoglia

Term Limits; Requiring specified counties to hold a certain referendum election on a specified date; authorizing certain counties to hold additional referendum elections that coincide with any future general election under specified circumstances; establishing term limits for county commissioners; prohibiting initiatives or referendum processes regarding term limits which are not specifically provided for by the act, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/13/2023	Senate	• Filed
  11/28/2023	Senate	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules
  1/9/2024	Senate	• Introduced
  1/11/2024	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/16/24, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  1/16/2024	Senate	• Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 • Now in Community Affairs
  2/1/2024	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/06/24, 3:00 pm, 401 Senate Building
  2/6/2024	Senate	• CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
  2/8/2024	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules • CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
  2/9/2024	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/14/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
  2/16/2024	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/21/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Amendment(s) Adopted - Temporarily Postponed
  2/21/2024	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/26/24, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  2/26/2024	Senate	• CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 2
  2/28/2024	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
  3/4/2024	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3/8/2024	Senate	• Died on Calendar

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• CS/CS/SB 438, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2024 at 1:33 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 57 (c2)	County Commissioner Term Limits	Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died on Second Reading Calendar
  H 19	County Commissioner Term Limits	Salzman	Compare	Last Action: 9/19/2023 H Withdrawn prior to introduction

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  124.012		Page 2 (pdf)

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• CS/SB 438, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 2/8/2024 at 1:58 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/13/2024 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 2/28/2024 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 57 (c2)	County Commissioner Term Limits	Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee	Identical	Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died on Second Reading Calendar
  H 19	County Commissioner Term Limits	Salzman	Compare	Last Action: 9/19/2023 H Withdrawn prior to introduction

  Committee Amendments (5)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  547206 - Amendment Delete lines 18 - 66 and insert:	Rules (Ingoglia)	2/20/2024 8:09 AM	Replaced by Substitute Amendment 2/27/2024	Web Page PDF
  145540 - Substitute Amendment (547206) Delete lines 18 - 66 and insert:	Rules (Ingoglia)	2/20/2024 3:55 PM	Favorable 2/27/2024	Web Page PDF
  525492 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Rules (Ingoglia)	2/23/2024 1:36 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/27/2024	Web Page PDF
  738002 - Amendment to Amendment (525492) Delete line 19 and insert:	Rules (Ingoglia)	2/26/2024 9:00 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/27/2024	Web Page PDF
  561616 - Amendment to Amendment (525492) Delete line 38 and insert:	Rules (Ingoglia)	2/26/2024 9:00 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/27/2024	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  2/26/2024 2:00 PM	Rules	18 Yeas - 2 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  124.012		Page 1 (pdf)

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• SB 438, Original Filed Version Posted 11/13/2023 at 11:14 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 1/12/2024 (pdf) Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 1/16/2024 (pdf) Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 2/5/2024 (pdf) Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 2/8/2024 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 57 (c1)	County Commissioner Term Limits	Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died on Second Reading Calendar
  H 19	County Commissioner Term Limits	Salzman	Compare	Last Action: 9/19/2023 H Withdrawn prior to introduction

  Committee Amendments (2)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  674530 - Amendment Delete lines 23 - 30 and insert:	Community Affairs (Ingoglia)	2/5/2024 2:27 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/8/2024	Web Page PDF
  341278 - Amendment Delete lines 28 - 30 and insert:	Community Affairs (Ingoglia)	2/5/2024 2:41 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/8/2024	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (2)

  Date	Committee	Result
  1/16/2024 8:30 AM	Ethics and Elections	5 Yeas - 3 Nays
  2/6/2024 3:00 PM	Community Affairs	5 Yeas - 3 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  124.012		Page 1 (pdf)

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