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
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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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
History
Date | Action |
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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) |
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