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Utah's citizen initiative process allows residents to propose new laws by collecting a required number of voter signatures — either to send the proposal to the Legislature for a vote or directly to the statewide ballot. This bill doubles the signature threshold required to send an initiative to the Legislature, raising it from 4% to 8% of active voters statewide, with that same 8% required in at least 26 of Utah's 29 Senate districts — matching the existing requirement for sending an initiative directly to voters. It also removes the current requirement that organizers gather an additional round of signatures if the Legislature rejects their initiative, instead making the ballot referral automatic.