Special Elections
Summary
Special Elections; Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Governor to call a special primary election and a special election under a certain circumstance; requiring the Governor to fix the dates of a special election within a specified timeframe after the vacancy occurs; authorizing qualified electors to file a petition in the circuit court seeking judicial determination of an election date under specified conditions; deleting the authority of the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to waive specified timeframes if all parties concur, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Mar 13, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Feb 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Dec 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tina Polsky
DDemocratic
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