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Committee advances bill criminalizing false post‑election audits

Corporations Committee · February 12, 2026
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Summary

House Bill 84, which explicitly makes submitting a false post-election audit report to the secretary of state an offense under the election code, was advanced by the committee after the secretary of state's office explained the change aims to align the offense with Title 22 election statutes.

The Corporations Committee reported out House Bill 84 after hearing an explanation from the secretary of state's office on how the measure would treat false post-election audit submissions under the election code.

Joe Rubino, policy director and general counsel for the secretary of state's office, said HB84 seeks to "enumerat[e] that…

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