H.B. 33: Political Signs Amendments

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 23, 2026. This bill amends provisions related to political signs.

• Defines terms
• Specifies the form and placement of the disclosure statement for political advertisements
• Creates an exception to political advertising disclosure requirements for certain candidate-paid political signs
• Reduces the size dimensions of a political sign that is exempt from disclosing, on the sign, the person who paid for the sign
• Prohibits a person from: attaching a political sign to a utility pole, light pole, an electric utility box, a traffic control device, or any railroad sign or signal; or affixing an object to a political sign for the purpose of blocking, concealing, or misrepresenting the message or image on the political sign
• Expands existing criminal penalties for defacing political signs to cover the conduct described above, and specifies exceptions for: a person who removes a political sign that does not contain the disclosure described above; a person who removes a political sign that violates the prohibition on electioneering in or near a polling place; a government employee who removes a political sign in the course of the government employee's duties; a person who removes an object that blocks or conceals a political sign; or a person who removes a political sign that is attached to a utility pole, light pole, an electric utility box, a traffic control device, or any railroad sign or signal

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Jordan D. Teuscher