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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 1489066" data-attributes="member: 5151">I think you&#039;re getting a discharge petition confused with an initiative petition. An initiative petition is a public petition to get a measure on the ballot, whether it be a statute or a Constitutional amendment. An initiative petition is circulated among the public and requires 51,739 valid signatures (meaning you need at least 100K to be &quot;safe&quot;).A discharge petition is a petition among the House of Representatives to forcefully discharge a bill from committee. This is how HB1647 got to the floor. Tibbs wouldn&#039;t let it out, so OK2A and some other so-called &quot;open carry&quot; activists circulated the discharge petition at the Capitol. (I note the &quot;open carry&quot; part because they were making little, if any, mention of the lifetime permits for veterans.) Upon receiving 68 signatures, the bill is discharged from committee and placed on the General Calendar. It bypasses the committee chair and House leadership.An initiative petition bypasses the legislature altogether.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 1489066, member: 5151"] I think you're getting a discharge petition confused with an initiative petition. An initiative petition is a public petition to get a measure on the ballot, whether it be a statute or a Constitutional amendment. An initiative petition is circulated among the public and requires 51,739 valid signatures (meaning you need at least 100K to be "safe"). A discharge petition is a petition among the House of Representatives to forcefully discharge a bill from committee. This is how HB1647 got to the floor. Tibbs wouldn't let it out, so OK2A and some other so-called "open carry" activists circulated the discharge petition at the Capitol. (I note the "open carry" part because they were making little, if any, mention of the lifetime permits for veterans.) Upon receiving 68 signatures, the bill is discharged from committee and placed on the General Calendar. It bypasses the committee chair and House leadership. An initiative petition bypasses the legislature altogether. [/QUOTE]

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