Bill Text: WV HB4846 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring penetration test for online election systems
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - To House Government Organization [HB4846 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HB4846-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4846
By Delegate Longstreth
[Introduced February 11, 2020; Referred to the Committee on Government Organization]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-4A-35, relating to requiring the Secretary of State and the West Virginia Cybersecurity Office to run or use a penetration test for online election systems no later than one month before all elections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 4A. ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS.
§3-4A-35. Penetration test for online election systems.
The Secretary of State, in coordination with the West Virginia Cybersecurity Office, shall run or use a penetration test for online election systems no later than one month before all elections.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of State and the West Virginia Cybersecurity Office to run a penetration test for online election systems no later than one month before all elections.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
