OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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HB-6325
AN ACT CONCERNING THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE,
ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND ELECTION AUDITS.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 10272
File Copy No.: 500
House Calendar No.: 367
Senate Calendar No.: 568
Primary Analyst: DC 6/8/21
Contributing Analyst(s): (FN)
OFA Fiscal Note
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The amendment establishes a twenty-two-member Council on Sexual
Misconduct Climate Surveys, which will be part of the legislative
department. The council members will be reimbursed for expenses
necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. This potential
cost is anticipated to be minimal. By January 1, 2022, and every two
years thereafter, the council will submit a report to the higher education
committee including the data points that each institution's survey must
encompass, the recommended sexual misconduct climate surveys, and
the recommended guidelines for survey implementation.
The amendment requires employers to give an employee two hours
of unpaid time off from his or her regularly scheduled work on the day
of a regular state election to vote, if the employee requests it in advance.
This is effective until June 30, 2024.
The amendment states that a voter’s name and address is confidential
and prohibits their disclosure from the voter registry list if the voter
submits a signed statement to the secretary of the state indicating that
nondisclosure is necessary for the safety of the voter or his or her family.
Giving a false statement is a class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to
one year in prison, up to a $2,000 fine. 2021HB-06325-R00LCO10272-FNA.DOCX Page 2 of 2
The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely
for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General
Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of
informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.