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Committee adopts amendment setting timeline for post-election audits in HB 95
Summary
House Bill 95, carried by Representative Glover, would require a post-election audit and the committee adopted a senate amendment that sets a 31‑day earliest start after the statewide general election (or after the contest-filing period) and a 30‑day completion window; the committee gave the bill a favorable report.
Representative Glover introduced House Bill 95 as a measure to require post-election audits and said the legislation is intended to increase public confidence in election results. "We do a good job with elections in this state," Glover told the committee, adding that the bill provides "another cog in that wheel of confirming" election integrity and that prior versions had been carried by Debbie Wood in earlier sessions.
The committee considered and adopted an amendment drafted in the senate. The amendment text read in committee stated, in part: "the post election audit shall commence no earlier than 31 days following the statewide general election or the expiration of the time period for filing an election contest, whichever is less, and shall be completed within 30 days of commencement." A sponsor said the language mirrors what the senate passed and that the committee was comfortable adopting it.
After adopting the amendment by voice vote, members moved and seconded consideration of the bill and the chair announced that HB 95 "receives a favorable" report from the committee. The transcript records voice votes and the committee's favorable action; the record does not include a roll-call tally of individual votes.
What happens next: HB 95 leaves committee with the adopted timing amendment and will proceed according to the legislature's next steps for bills that receive committee reports. The transcript does not specify further implementation details or budget impacts.
