BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 2205: Signature gathering/protests

Establishing protections for citizens participating in the initiative and referendum process.

Summary

Creates a 25-foot buffer zone around people collecting signatures for, signing, or attempting to sign an initiative or referendum petition, in which people cannot interfere with the freedom to collect signatures, sign, or attempt to suggest or persuade people to sign or decline to sign.
Prohibits people from engaging in such prohibited activities by use of electronic amplification more than 100 feet away, if the person is capable of being understood in the buffer zone at that distance.
Makes it a gross misdemeanor to violate these provisions.

From the House Bill Analysis 2024 (HB 2205), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to establishing protections for citizens participating in the initiative and referendum process;

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

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

HB 2205 (2025–26) Regulated sports wagering · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2205 (2019–20) Technical corrections · Enacted · Chapter 18, Laws of 2020
HB 2205 (2017–18) GET/college savings programs · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2205 (2015–16) St agency-fed govt agreemnts · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2205 (2013–14) Mental status evaluations · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2205 (2011–12) Voter registration at age 16 · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2205 (2009–10) Liquor control board · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2205 (2007–08) State park fees · Did not pass · died in committee