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BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

HB 1509: One candidate primaries

Concerning one candidate primaries.

Summary

  • Adds a provision to election law in which the name of a candidate for a partisan office will not appear on the primary ballot if only one candidate files for the office.

From the House Bill Analysis 2013 (HB 1509), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 29, 2013
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Sherry Appleton (D-23)
Introduced
January 29, 2013 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2014
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to one candidate primaries;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Sherry Appleton (D-23)

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections.

HB 1509 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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