TO: | Honorable Mary Denny, Chair, House Committee on Elections |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB403 by Madden (Relating to the penalty for premature disclosure of voting results.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Election Code by enhancing the punishment for unlawfully revealing information before polls close from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor.
A Class C misdemeanor is punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.
A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by confinement in county jail for a term not to exceed one year, a fine not to exceed $4,000, or both fine and imprisonment.
Source Agencies: | 302 Office of the Attorney General, 307 Secretary of State
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LBB Staff: | JK, GG
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