HB 895

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2022 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 12, 2022
  • Passed House Feb 15, 2022
  • Passed Senate Feb 25, 2022
  • Signed by Governor Apr 11, 2022

Elections; local electoral boards & general registrars to perform certain risk-limiting audits, etc.

Abstract

Elections; conduct of election; election results; risk-limiting audits. Requires local electoral boards and general registrars to perform certain risk-limiting audits, defined in the bill, under the supervision of the Department of Elections and in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the State Board of Elections with a risk limit of at least 10 percent. The bill provides that localities are required to participate in such audits at least once every five years. The bill also provides that the Department shall submit a report on the results of such audits to the State Board. The provisions of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted (i) for at least one randomly selected contested race for the General Assembly in the year of a general election for members of the General Assembly and (ii) for any other contested race that is necessary to ensure that each locality participates in a risk-limiting audit of an office within its jurisdiction at least once every five years or that the State Board finds appropriate have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. The provision of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted for at least one randomly selected contested race for an office that requires certification by the State Board in the year of general election for any local office has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024. The bill also requires the Department to convene a work group to consider and propose a process and timeline for implementing risk-limiting audits of statewide contests. This bill is identical to SB 370.

Elections; conduct of election; election results; risk-limiting audits. Requires local electoral boards and general registrars to perform certain risk-limiting audits, defined in the bill, under the supervision of the Department of Elections and in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the State Board of Elections. The bill provides that localities are required to participate in such audits at least once every five years. The bill also provides that the Department shall submit a report on the results of such audits to the State Board. The provisions of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted (i) for at least one randomly selected contested race for the General Assembly in the year of a general election for members of the General Assembly and (ii) for any other contested race that is necessary to ensure that each locality participates in a risk-limiting audit of an office within its jurisdiction at least once every five years or that the State Board finds appropriate have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. The provision of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted for at least one randomly selected contested race for an office that requires certification by the State Board in the year of general election for any local office has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024.

Bill Sponsors (2)

Votes


Actions


Apr 11, 2022

Office of the Governor

Approved by Governor-Chapter 443 (effective - see bill)

Mar 11, 2022

Office of the Governor

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022

House

Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022

Mar 02, 2022

Senate

Signed by President

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB895ER)

Mar 01, 2022

House

Enrolled

House

Signed by Speaker

Feb 25, 2022

Senate

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

Senate

Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 2-A)

Senate

Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)

Senate

Read third time

Feb 24, 2022

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)

Feb 22, 2022

Senate

Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)

Feb 16, 2022

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed

Senate

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

Feb 15, 2022

House

VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)

House

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)

Feb 14, 2022

House

Read second time

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB895H1)

House

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB895H1

House

Committee substitute agreed to 22105719D-H1

Feb 13, 2022

House

Read first time

Feb 11, 2022

House

Committee substitute printed 22105719D-H1

House

Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

Feb 09, 2022

House

House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

House

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)

Feb 07, 2022

House

Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2

Jan 25, 2022

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB895)

Jan 12, 2022

House

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104191D

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104191D PDF HTML
Committee substitute printed 22105719D-H1 PDF HTML
HB895ER PDF HTML
CHAP0443 PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB895FER122.PDF PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB895FH1122.PDF PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB895F122.PDF PDF

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