Oklahoma House Bill 1484 (2015)
| Oklahoma House Bill 1484 | |
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| Legislature: | Oklahoma State Legislature |
| Text: | HB 1484 |
| Sponsor(s): | Rep. Randy Grau (R-81) and Sen. AJ Griffin (R-20) |
| Legislative history | |
| Introduced: | February 2, 2015 |
| State house: | March 9, 2015 |
| State senate: | April 21, 2015 |
| Governor: | Gov. Mary Fallin (R) |
| Signed: | April 28, 2015 |
| Legal environment | |
| State law: | Initaitive and referendum |
| Code: | Oklahoma Statutes |
| Section: | 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 17 |
Oklahoma House Bill 1484, which sought to clarify the process for placing citizen initiatives on a statewide ballot, was introduced on February 2, 2015. It was approved in a vote of 95-1 in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on March 9, 2015. In the Oklahoma State Senate, the bill was unanimously approved on April 21, 2015. Gov. Mary Fallin (R) signed it into law on April 28, 2015.[1]
Rep. Randy Grau (R-81) and Sen. AJ Griffin (R-20) sponsored the law. Grau was the bill's author. Regarding the bill, Grau said, "The way it was working, people were going out there and they were starting to collect signatures and the time for objections had not run, and so then things were put on hold while the objections were pending and it was eating away at their 90 days. This measure will ensure that citizens get a fair shot at enacting reforms through the petition process.”[2][3]
Provisions
Petitioners for initiatives and referendums are given 90 days to collect signatures in Oklahoma. According to prior law, this 90-day period began after the petition was filed or approved by the Oklahoma Supreme Court according to a challenge process. This bill dictated that the secretary of state set a day between 15 and 30 days after all challenges to a submitted initiative petition were complete on which the 90-day circulation window began. This bill also set the deadline for a veto referendum petition to be 90 days after the adjournment of the legislative session in which the targeted law was approved. The bill also clarified and changed some other language in the state's statutes regarding initiative and referendum petitions.[1]
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