Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB7 by Hughes (relating to elections, including election integrity and security; creating a criminal offense; providing civil penalties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
The provisions of the bill addressed by this analysis would amend various codes as they relate to the integrity and security of elections. Under the provisions of the bill, an election official who obstructs the view of an authorized watcher or refuses to accept a statutorily required watcher would commit a Class A misdemeanor.
A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $4,000, confinement in a county jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both. This analysis assumes implementing the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant impact on the demand for state correctional resources.