HBA-CMT H.B. 2921 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2921 By: Jones, Jesse Elections 3/19/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, counties may purchase ineligible voter lists from private companies. These companies use numerous databases and cross match several public records and credit records to develop these lists, but the lists are not necessarily verified by the county that purchases the list. House Bill 2921 requires the registrar to verify the accuracy of a list of potentially ineligible voters that is obtained from a private entity before using the list of making the list available to the public. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 2921 amends the Election Code to prohibit a list of potentially ineligible voters produced for a county by a private business entity from being made available to the public or otherwise used by the county registrar unless the registrar has verified the accuracy of the information on the list through available public records. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.