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HB 1189: Elections of County Commissioners, District School Board Members, and District School Superintendents

GENERAL BILL by Alvarez, D.

Elections of County Commissioners, District School Board Members, and District School Superintendents; Establishes county commissioner districts based on population of county; requires county commissioners to be nominated & elected by qualified electors who reside in same county commissioner district as commissioner; requires membership of board of county commissioners to be based on certain population criteria for each county; requires commissioners to be elected at specified time & terms to be staggered; revises membership of district school boards; requires membership to be based on certain population criteria for each county; requires membership to be identical to that of board of county commissioners; requires members of district school board to be elected by qualified electors who reside in same school district as member; revises provisions relating to election & term of office for district school superintendents.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/26/2025 House - Withdrawn prior to introduction
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/26/2025 House • Filed
    • Withdrawn prior to introduction

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  • HB 1189, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2025 at 12:58 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1265 Elections of County Commissioners, District School Board Members, and District School Superintendents Alvarez, Owen Similar Last Action: 3/5/2025 H Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
    S 1456 Elections of County Commissioners, District School Board Members, and District School Superintendents Collins Similar Last Action: 3/10/2025 S Introduced

    Citations - Statutes (13)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    100.041 Officers chosen at general election. Page 5 (pdf)
    124.01 Division of counties into districts; county commissioners. Page 2 (pdf)
    124.011 Alternate procedure for the election of county commissioners to provide for single-member representation; applicability. Page 5 (pdf)
    1001.34 Membership of district school board. Page 5 (pdf)
    1001.36 District school board member residence areas. Page 7 (pdf)
    1001.361 Election of board by districtwide vote. Page 7 (pdf)
    1001.362 Alternate procedure for the election of district school board members to provide for single-member representation. Page 8 (pdf)
    1001.38 Vacancies; how filled. Page 8 (pdf)
    1001.46 District school superintendent; election and term of office. Page 8 (pdf)
    1001.461 District school superintendent; procedures for making office appointive. Page 8 (pdf)
    1001.50 Superintendents employed under Art. IX of the State Constitution. Page 9 (pdf)
    1002.32 Developmental research (laboratory) schools. Page 9 (pdf)
    1011.10 Penalty. Page 9 (pdf)

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