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Gov. Cox quickly signs bill with late-night change that could disqualify Prop 4 signature removals
It was 10:56 p.m. — just over an hour left until midnight, the Legislature’s deadline to pass any bills — on Friday night when the Senate changed a bill to include a ban on prepaid postage for signature removal requests. Four minutes later, the Senate voted 21-7 to pass the bill, HB242. Less than 20 minutes later, the House voted 57-12 to give final legislative approval to the bill. Then, the next morning, Gov. Spencer Cox signed the bill, and it instantly became law. The governor’s office did not immediately return a request for comment Monday about why he signed the bill ...
