Special Elections

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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.

Every action

10 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Nov 12, 2025SenateFiled
2. Dec 1, 2025CommitteeReferred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules · Senate Ethics and Elections
3. Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroduced
4. Jan 30, 2026CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building · Senate Ethics and Elections
5. Feb 4, 2026CommitteeFavorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Ethics and Elections8–0 vote
6. Feb 5, 2026CommitteeNow in Judiciary · Senate Judiciary
7. Feb 5, 2026CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Judiciary
8. Feb 10, 2026CommitteeFavorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 · Senate Judiciary11–0 vote
9. Feb 11, 2026CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
10. Mar 13, 2026CommitteeDied in Rules · Senate Rules

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• Tina Scott PolskyD Primary sponsor · District 30