2021-05-07                     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.