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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 284

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Relating to: holding the presidential preference primary on the second Tuesday in March. (FE)

Presidential electors

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the presidential preference primary to be held on the second

Tuesday in March rather than the first Tuesday in April. The bill also changes the

deadlines for certain procedures that must be completed before that primary. For

example, under current law, the state chairperson of each recognized political party

wishing to participate in the presidential preference primary must file a certification

with the elections commission no later than 5 p.m. on the second Tuesday in

December of the year before each year in which electors for president and vice

president are to be elected. The bill moves that deadline to 5 p.m. on November 15.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Nass (R) , Stafsholt (R)

2 cosponsors

Ramthun (R) , Tauchen (R)

Full history

  1. Apr 8, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Stafsholt and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Tauchen and Ramthun

  2. Apr 8, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1