PRINTER'S NO. 717
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
640
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, J. WARD, ARGALL, AUMENT, PITTMAN, MENSCH,
MASTRIANO AND STEFANO, MAY 6, 2021
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 6, 2021
AN ACT
Providing for reporting allegations of fraud relating to
elections and imposing duties on the Auditor General.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Election
Fraud Reporting Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Election." A general, municipal, special or primary
election held under the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320),
known as the Pennsylvania Election Code.
Section 3. Reporting.
(a) Duties of Auditor General.--The following:
(1) Within 30 days of the effective date of this
section, the Auditor General shall establish the following
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for an individual to report allegations of fraud relating to
an election:
(i) A telephone hotline.
(ii) A form on the Auditor General's publicly
accessible Internet website.
(2) The Auditor General shall make the telephone hotline
and the form on the Auditor General's publicly accessible
Internet website accessible for 30 days beginning on the date
of an election.
(b) Receipt of report.--The following shall apply:
(1) A report alleging fraud relating to an election
received under subsection (a) shall be documented by the
Office of Auditor General. The Office of Auditor General:
(i) May not document anonymous reports.
(ii) Shall only document reports from individuals
registered to vote in this Commonwealth.
(2) Within three months of the closing date of the
accessibility of the telephone hotline and the form on the
Auditor General's publicly accessible Internet website after
an election, the Office of Auditor General shall submit a
report detailing any reports alleging fraud received to the
following:
(1) The President pro tempore of the Senate.
(2) The Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the
Senate.
(3) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
State Government Committee of the Senate.
(4) The Secretary of the Senate.
(5) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(6) The Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House
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of Representatives.
(7) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
State Government Committee of the House of Representatives.
(8) The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Section 4. Reporting period for past elections.
Upon the establishment of the telephone hotline and the form
on the Auditor General's publicly accessible Internet website
under section 3(a), the Office of Auditor General shall open
accessibility of both for 30 days to receive reports alleging
fraud relating to the election held on November 3, 2020, and any
other election taking place after November 3, 2020, until the
effective date of this section. Reports under this section shall
be documented by the Office of Auditor General, and within three
months of the closing date of the accessibility of the telephone
hotline and the form on the Auditor General's publicly
accessible Internet website, the Office of Auditor General shall
submit a report detailing any reports alleging fraud received to
the following:
(1) The President pro tempore of the Senate.
(2) The Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the
Senate.
(3) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
State Government Committee of the Senate.
(4) The Secretary of the Senate.
(5) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(6) The Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House
of Representatives.
(7) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
State Government Committee of the House of Representatives.
(8) The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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Section 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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