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H.B. 74: Signature Gathering Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

It would have changed initiative and referendum petition forms so signers attest they had the chance to read the full statement and gatherers attest to related facts. It did not become law, and it was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill amends provisions for initiative and referendum petitions.

  • Modifies certain forms to provide that: for an individual who signs an initiative or referendum petition, the individual had an opportunity to read the entire statement included in the initiative or referendum packet; and for an individual who gathers signatures for an initiative or referendum petition, the individual believes that the individual described above had an opportunity to read the law that is the subject of the petition
  • Specifies that a person may use a spiral binder to bind together the pages that make up an initiative or referendum packet
  • Provides that an individual who gathers signatures for an initiative or referendum petition may remove a signature sheet from the initiative or referendum packet for the purpose of gathering signatures
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature; the paragraph above is the Ledger’s summary. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Initiatives · Government Operations (State Issues) · Referenda

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

The Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on H.B. 74 found no material cost or revenue effect for the state, local governments or businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Norman K Thurston

Senate floor sponsor: Karen Kwan

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.