House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
HB 2574: Concerning the removal of deceased candidates for nonpartisan office from ballots.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Abbarno
- Introduced
- January 19, 2026
- Status
- H Rules 3C
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. (March 12, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Establishes procedures for when a county auditor receives an official copy of a death certificate for a deceased candidate for an elective office of a city, town, or special purpose district.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 16, 202694 yea · 2 nay · 2 not voting
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