Bill Title: Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-07 - Committee recommends passage [H7476 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Evan Shanley [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Matthew Dawson [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-065	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Edwards [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-070	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Bennett [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Julie Casimiro [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph McNamara [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jacquelyn Baginski [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Craven [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William O'Brien [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-054	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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