We have heard most of the bad House bills, and now we are hearing the bad Senate bills. SB1451 is another one of Senator Vince Leach’s attack’s on the Citizens Initiative process.
Every year he has at least one bill designed to make the Citizens Initiative process more difficult, more time-consuming and more costly. SB1451 is likely unconstitutional and will spark lawsuits. The bill is over burdensome on the Citizens Initiative process. The details of how petitions are to be grouped and how circulators are to be tracked are overly complex and will likely result in many valid petitions being invalidated. It also lengthens the time for perennial Citizens Initiative challengers (like the Chamber of Commerce) to mount challenges. Please voice your opinion on SB1451 on Request to Speak.