Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 32 First Substitute (2022GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Thatcher, D.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/23/2022

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• requires an election officer to, when reporting voting history for an election, anonymously include certain information for a voter whose voter registration is classified as private.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

VOTING HISTORY AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Daniel W. Thatcher
House Sponsor: 
 Marsha Judkins
LONG TITLE
Committee Note:
The Government Operations Interim Committee recommended this bill.
Legislative Vote: 13 voting for 0 voting against 3 absent
General Description:
This bill amends provisions relating to voting history.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ requires an election officer to, when reporting voting history for an election,
anonymously include certain information for a voter whose voter registration is
classified as private.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
20A-5-410
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 31
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
20A-5-410
 is amended to read:
20A-5-410.
Election officer to provide voting history information and status.
(1) As used in this section, "voting history record" means the information about the
existence and status of absentee ballot requests required by this section.
(2) (a) Each election officer shall maintain, in the election officer's office, a voting
history record of those voters registered to vote in the election officer's jurisdiction.
(b) Except as it relates to a voter whose voter registration record is classified as private
under Subsection 
63G-2-302
(1)(k), the voting history record is a public record under Title 63G,
Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
(3) (a) When an election officer reports voting history for an election, the election
officer shall anonymously include in the report, for each voter whose voter registration is
classified as private under Subsection 
20A-2-104
(4)(h), the following for that election only:
(i) for voting by mail, the information described in Subsection (4)(a);
(ii) for early voting, the date the individual voted; and
(iii) for voting on election day, the date the individual voted.
(b) In relation to the information of a voter whose voter registration is classified as
private under Subsection 
20A-2-104
(4)(h), a report described in Subsection (3)(a) may not
disclose, by itself or in conjunction with any other public information, the identity or any other
personal identifying information of the voter.
[
(3)
] 
(4)
 The election officer shall ensure that the voting history record for each voting
precinct contains:
(a) for voting by mail:
(i) the date that the manual ballot was mailed to the voter; and
(ii) the date that the voted manual ballot was received by the election officer;
(b) for early voting:
(i) the name and address of each individual who participated in early voting; and
(ii) the date the individual voted; and
(c) for voting on election day, the name and address of each individual who voted on
election day.
[
(4)
] 
(5)
 (a) Notwithstanding the time limits for response to a request for records under
Section 
63G-2-204
 or the time limits for a request for records established in any ordinance, the
election officer shall ensure that the information required by this section is recorded and made
available to the public no later than one business day after its receipt in the election officer's
office.
(b) Notwithstanding the fee requirements of Section 
63G-2-203
 or the fee requirements
established in any ordinance, the election officer shall make copies of the voting history record
available to the public for the actual cost of production or copying.