Honorable Leo Berman, Chair, House Committee on Elections
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2035 by Anchia (Relating to prohibited deceptive or disenfranchising practices regarding an election; providing criminal penalties.), As Introduced
The provision of the bill that is the subject of this analysis would amend the Election Code by creating the offense of unlawfully restricting a voter’s right to vote. The offense would be punishable as a state jail felony. The bill would also create the criminal offense of deceptive election practices which would be punishable as a Class B misdemeanor.
A state jail felony is punishable by confinement in a state jail for any term of not more than two years or less than 180 days, or, in addition to confinement, a fine not to exceed $10,000.
For this analysis it is assumed that the number of offenders convicted under this statute would not result in a significant impact on the programs and workload of state corrections agencies or on the demand for resources and services of those agencies.