The General Assembly Raised Bill No. 464 establishes a task force to study the compensation of local election officials, including registrars of voters and town clerks, during early voting periods and on election days for elections, primaries, and referenda. The task force will consist of members appointed by various leaders within the General Assembly, including the Speaker of the House, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the majority and minority leaders of both chambers. Initial appointments must be made within thirty days of the bill's passage, and the task force is required to hold its first meeting within sixty days.
The task force is tasked with submitting a report on its findings and recommendations by January 1, 2027, after which it will terminate. The bill also specifies that the administrative staff of the relevant joint standing committee will support the task force. The new legal language introduced in this bill includes the establishment of the task force and its operational guidelines, while the deleted language pertains to the formatting of the bill's text.