Legislature(2021 - 2022)
2021-05-07 Senate Journal
Full Journal pdf2021-05-07 Senate Journal Page 0981 SB 39 The State Affairs Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 39 "An Act relating to elections; relating to voter registration; relating to ballots and a system of tracking and accounting for ballots; establishing an election offense hotline; designating as a class A misdemeanor the collection of ballots from other voters; designating as a class C felony the intentional opening or tampering with a sealed ballot, certificate, or package of ballots without authorization from the director of the division of elections; and providing for an effective date" and recommended it be replaced with CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 39(STA) "An Act relating to voting and elections; relating to voter registration; relating to ballots and a system of tracking and accounting for ballots; relating to retention of election data; designating as a class A misdemeanor the collection of ballots from other voters; designating as a class C felony intentionally opening or tampering with a sealed ballot, certificate, or package of ballots without authorization from the director of the division of elections; designating as a class C felony breaching, hacking, altering, or tampering with election data or ballots; designating as a class B felony election fraud; designating as a class C felony sharing election data results before the close of the polls on election day; and providing for an effective date." Signing do pass: Senator Shower, Chair. Signing do not pass: Senator Kawasaki. Signing no recommendation: Senators Costello, Reinbold. Signing amend: Senator Holland. The following fiscal information was published today: Fiscal Note No. 1, indeterminate, Office of the Governor Fiscal Note No. 2, zero, Department of Law Fiscal Note No. 3, Department of Revenue The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee.