JOINT RESOLUTION · 2025–26 SESSION

HJR 4212: Vacancies in partisan office

Amending Article II, section 15 of the state Constitution concerning vacancies in partisan elective offices.

Summary

Amends Article II, section 15 of the state Constitution to specify that an appointee to a vacant partisan office must be of the same party as the former official only if the former official declared a party preference.

From the House Bill Analysis 2026 (HJR 4212), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

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.

HJR 4212 (2023–24) Right to hunt and fish · Did not pass · died in committee
HJR 4212 (2021–22) Tax acts referendum · Did not pass · died in committee
HJR 4212 (2019–20) Community redevel. financing · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HJR 4212 (2015–16) Public safety/paramount duty · Did not pass · died in committee
HJR 4212 (2013–14) Continuity of govt/emergency · Did not pass · died in committee
HJR 4212 (2011–12) Tax increase legislation · Did not pass · died in committee
HJR 4212 (2009–10) Amendment notice · Did not pass · died in committee
HJR 4212 (2007–08) Governance for counties · Did not pass · died in committee