0:00 → 0:12(12s)
The committee chair announced the session was live, gave the time and date, and opened the meeting. Chair introduced the first item: a flyby of H 541, an act relating to interference with voters and election officials, to be reviewed for possible position-taking ahead of a Judiciary vote later that day.
The House Government Operations & Military Affairs committee reviewed H 541 on Jan. 29, a bill to create a state criminal offense for interfering with voters and election officials; presenters described narrowed language ("intentionally or recklessly"), removal of civil investigatory provisions, and penalties up to two years in prison or a $2,000 fine. The committee held an informal straw poll finding the bill favorable and sent it to Judiciary for a formal vote later in the day.
