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2022 SESSION
SB 370 Elections; local electoral boards & general registrars to perform certain risk-limiting audits, etc.
Introduced by: John J. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Elections; conduct of election; election results; risk-limiting audits. Requires local electoral boards and general registrars to perform certain risk-limiting audits, defined in the bill, under the supervision of the Department of Elections and in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the State Board of Elections with a risk limit of at least 10 percent. The bill provides that localities are required to participate in such audits at least once every five years. The bill also provides that the Department shall submit a report on the results of such audits to the State Board. The provisions of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted (i) for at least one randomly selected contested race for the General Assembly in the year of a general election for members of the General Assembly and (ii) for any other contested race that is necessary to ensure that each locality participates in a risk-limiting audit of an office within its jurisdiction at least once every five years or that the State Board finds appropriate have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. The provision of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted for at least one randomly selected contested race for an office that requires certification by the State Board in the year of general election for any local office has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024. The bill also requires the Department to convene a work group to consider and propose a process and timeline for implementing risk-limiting audits of statewide contests. This bill is identical to HB 895.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104252D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105850D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB370ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0444) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104252D
- 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/01/22 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/01/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105850D-S1
- 02/01/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/08/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/10/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/10/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22105850D-S1
- 02/10/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB370S1
- 02/11/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A)
- 02/21/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/22 House: Read first time
- 02/21/22 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/25/22 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 1-N)
- 03/01/22 House: Read second time
- 03/02/22 House: Read third time
- 03/02/22 House: Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/22 House: VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/22 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB370ER)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 444 (effective - see bill)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0444)