Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules Committee on June 25, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 250
Directs Secretary of State to establish and maintain searchable and publicly accessible database containing copy of every ballot cast in each election.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Directs Secretary of State to establish and maintain searchable and publicly accessible database containing copy of every ballot cast in each election. Requires county clerks to scan and upload to database each ballot cast prior to tallying votes. Requires each ballot to be printed with unique identifier that elector may use to search database for electronic copy of elector's ballot. Requires ballot's identifier to be secret except to elector. Permits elector to inspect elector's cast ballot for 90 days following date of election. Requires county clerks to store ballots in manner that makes ballot readily available to retrieve. Requires county clerks to store ballots in batches and to maintain index that records where each ballot is stored. Permits county clerks to charge reasonable fee to cover cost of retrieving ballot. Requires county clerks to permit authorized persons to watch printing of ballots and inserting of ballots in envelopes to be mailed to electors. Applies to primary, general and special elections held on or after January 1, 2025. Becomes operative January 1, 2025.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 9 to June 25, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 9 to Jun 25 · stopped167 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 9 to Jan 134 days
RulesJan 13 to Jun 25 · stopped163 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.