Senate Bill 580 (dash 2 amendment) was advanced by the Senate Rules Committee with a due‑pass recommendation after witnesses and staff explained negotiated deadlines for posting election filings and fallback procedures for jurisdictions that cannot post material online.
As amended, the bill requires that a candidate's name and office be posted no more than five business days after a declaration of candidacy is filed, and that the declaration be posted no more than two business days after an individual is determined to be an eligible candidate. Withdrawals must be posted no more than two business days after filing. The dash‑2 amendment also specifies that information must be made available within five business days of a public records request and allows a county or city to charge for physical copies but not for digital copies or inspections.
Nathan Soltz, chief of staff for Senator Frederick, described the dash‑2 amendment as a negotiated fix that "addressed the county clerk's concerns" by allowing jurisdictions without web‑posting capacity to provide documents upon request rather than posting them online. Committee members voted to adopt the dash‑2 amendment and then moved SB 580, as amended, to the floor with a due pass recommendation.