SB 460: Special Elections

GENERAL BILL by Polsky

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.

Current Bill Version Posted: 11/12/2025 08:51 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 597 by Gottlieb Special Elections Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee	Identical

• Analyses (4)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting)   2/3/2026
  • Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting)   2/5/2026
  • Judiciary (Pre-Meeting)   2/9/2026
  • Judiciary (Post-Meeting)   2/11/2026

• Committee Votes (2)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  2/4/2026 10:30 AM	S 460	Ethics and Elections	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/10/2026 12:00 PM	S 460	Judiciary	11 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (2)

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  100.111	Filling vacancy.	Page 2 (pdf)
  100.141	Notice of special election to fill any vacancy in office.	Page 7 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  11/12/2025	S	• Filed
  12/1/2025	S	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/30/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  2/4/2026	S	• Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  2/5/2026	S	• Now in Judiciary • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  2/10/2026	S	• Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
  2/11/2026	S	• Now in Rules
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Rules