Elections; local electoral boards & general registrars to perform certain risk-limiting audits, etc. (SB370)

Introduced By

Sen. John Bell (D-Chantilly) with support from co-patron Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Winchester)

Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
✓	Passed House
✓	Passed Senate
✓	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

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. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

Date	Action
01/11/2022	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104252D
01/11/2022	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/25/2022	Impact statement from DPB (SB370)
02/01/2022	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/01/2022	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (10-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2022	Committee substitute printed 22105850D-S1
02/01/2022	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/02/2022	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/07/2022	Impact statement from DPB (SB370S1)
02/08/2022	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2022	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2022	Read second time
02/10/2022	Reading of substitute waived
02/10/2022	Committee substitute agreed to 22105850D-S1
02/10/2022	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB370S1
02/11/2022	Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/21/2022	Placed on Calendar
02/21/2022	Read first time
02/21/2022	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
02/25/2022	Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
03/01/2022	Read second time
03/02/2022	Read third time
03/02/2022	Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
03/02/2022	VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/07/2022	Enrolled
03/07/2022	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB370ER)
03/08/2022	Impact statement from DPB (SB370ER)
03/08/2022	Signed by President
03/08/2022	Signed by Speaker
03/22/2022	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
03/22/2022	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
04/11/2022	G Approved by Governor-Chapter 444 (effective - see bill)
04/11/2022	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0444)