ELECTION'S CLERK TRAINING                                                          H.B. 4129:

                                                                                         SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                         REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 4129 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:  Representative Steve Marino

House Committee:  Elections and Ethics

Senate Committee:  Elections

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Michigan Election Law to do the following:

-- Require the Secretary of State (SOS), by June 1 of each odd numbered year, to send a notice to each county, city, and township clerk who was not current with his or her continuing election training.

-- Require the SOS, by July 1 of each odd numbered year, to post the name of each county, city, and township clerk who was not current with his or her continuing election education training on the Department of State's website.

-- Require the SOS to remove the name of a clerk from the Department's website once that clerk provided satisfactory evidence to the SOS that he or she was current with his or her continuing election education training.

Proposed MCL 168.33a                              Legislative Analyst:  Stephen Jackson

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  3-14-22                                       Fiscal Analyst:  Joe Carrasco

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.