Bill > HB703

This bill modifies various provisions for initiative petitions and referendums in Missouri. Key changes include: - Prescribing the format and content requirements for initiative petition and referendum petition signature pages, including font size and margin requirements. - Expanding the qualifications for petition circulators, such as requiring they be Missouri residents for at least 30 days prior to collecting signatures. - Establishing new requirements and penalties around petition signature fraud. - Clarifying the process for challenging the official ballot title or fiscal note of a proposed measure, including setting time limits for such challenges. - Changing the deadlines and process for submitting statutory initiative petitions. - Requiring the Secretary of State to post proposed measures online for public comment after initial approval.