Bill Number: S.B. 1359

            Townsend Floor Amendment

            Reference to: printed bill

            Amendment drafted by: Mike Hans

FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION

1. Exempts poll workers using an electronic pollbook to check in voters from the requirement that employees, contractors and volunteers who log in to an election system have a unique password that is changed every two weeks.

2. Requires a person to knowingly violate requirements related to election system passwords in order to be guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

3. Exempts the 30 days before an election from the requirement that each employee, contractor or volunteer that logs in to an election system establish a new unique password every two weeks.

Fifty-fifth Legislature                                                  Townsend

Second Regular Session                                                  S.B. 1359

TOWNSEND FLOOR AMENDMENT

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1359

(Reference to printed bill)

Page 1, line 9, after the period insert "except for the 30 days before an election,"

Line 10, after the period insert “THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO POLLWORKERS USING AN ELECTRONIC POLLBOOK TO CHECK-IN VOTERS.”

Line 11, after "who" insert "knowingly"

Amend title to conform

KELLY TOWNSEND

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