2021-04-28                     House Journal                      Page 0744
HB 196                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 196 by Representatives Vance, McCabe, McCarty,                                                                   
Gillham, Carpenter, LeBon, and McKay, entitled:                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
    "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."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary, State Affairs, and                                                       
Finance Committees.