2024 House Bill 5575

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The legislation amends the Michigan Election Law, specifically section 471 of the 1954 PA 116, as amended by 2018 PA 608, and introduces several key changes. It mandates that petitions proposing constitutional amendments must be filed with the Secretary of State at least 120 days before the relevant election. For petitions to initiate a law under section 9 of article II of the state constitution, the filing deadline is set at least 160 days before the election if the legislature does not enact the proposed law. Referendum petitions must be filed within 90 days following the final adjournment of the legislative session in which the law subject to the referendum was enacted. The legislation removes the previous requirement that no more than 15% of petition signatures come from any one congressional district and the need to categorize signatures by district. Instead, it requires petitioners to provide a written statement affirming a good-faith effort to sort petitions based on the number of signatures per sheet and to confirm that the minimum number of required signatures is submitted. Additionally, the bill repeals section 472 of the Michigan Election Law.