The Big Lie's Long Shadow: bills.csv

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bills.csv contains a list of voter restriction bills that have been introduced in state legislatures across the country. This database looks at bills introduced in legislative sessions that were active in 2021 and is based on data from the Brennan Center for Justice and the Voting Rights Lab, as well as FiveThirtyEight's own research.

Column Definition
State State where the bill was introduced.
Bill Name and link to LegisScan entry for the bill. Crossed out bill names indicate that they have since been renamed (with new bill names listed afterwards).
Introducing Party Party of the legislator(s) who sponsored the bill, according to LegiScan. N/A indicates a bill without sponsors' party listed on LegiScan (including bills listed as a "committee bill").
Category Category of the bill, detailed in the table below. Multiple categories are separated by commas.
Status Most recent status of the bill in the legislature. May include links to relevant coverage of the bill.

Category Data Dictionary

Category Definition Example
limits voting options Bills that create any kind of barrier to voting by reducing or eliminating a method of voting or voting assistance Minnesota House Bill 943, which would ban ballot harvesting and require agents who assist voters in submitting ballots to sign a form and provide personal information
expanded voter ID requirements Bills that introduce new requirements for ID to vote or register, or limit what kind of ID is acceptable Colorado House Bill 1086, which would require all registered voters to provide proof of citizenship to vote
limits voting time Bills that reduce the time to cast a ballot, whether in person or absentee, on voting day or in advance Georgia House Bill 512, which would reduce the early voting period by one day and reduce voting hours
voter roll purge Bills that introduce new requirements for triggering a voter roll purge or require more frequent purges Virginia Senate Bill 1422, which would require the State Registrar of Vital Records to send weekly, rather than monthly, updates of deceased residents to the Department of Elections and orders the general registrar to “promptly” remove voters who are deceased or convicted of a felony
limiting/criminalizing election official role Bills that make certain behavior by election officials a crime or reduces the authority of election officials Wisconsin House Bill 198, which would prohibit election officials from correcting mistakes on absentee ballot certificates and creates penalties if the election official fails to post the error online
partisan election roles Bills that shift authority from officials to partisan bodies Arizona House Bill 2891, which would remove election litigation power from the secretary of state and gives it to the attorney general until 2023
increased voter surveillance Bills that require or allow new methods of surveillance of voters or increase authority of poll watchers Tennessee House Bill 1221, which would require a list of absentee-ballot applicants to be publicly posted

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Link rowid ▼ State Bill Introducing Party Category Status
1 1 Alabama HB 396 D limits voting time Legislature adjourned without passing
2 2 Alabama HB 399 R limits voting options, expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
3 3 Alabama SB 29 R voter roll purge Legislature adjourned without passing
4 4 Alabama HB 351 R limiting/criminalizing election official role Legislature adjourned without passing
5 5 Alabama HB 589 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
6 6 Alabama HB 638 R expanded voter id requirements, limits voting time Legislature adjourned without passing
7 7 Alabama SB 200 R voter roll purge Passed committee, legislature adjourned without passing
8 8 Alabama SB 235 R limits voting options Passed committee, legislature adjourned without passing
9 9 Alabama HB 285 R limits voting options Signed into law
10 10 Alabama HB 314 D voter roll purge Signed into law
11 11 Alabama HB 538 R limits voting time Signed into law
12 12 Alaska HB 23 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
13 13 Alaska HB 96   expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
14 14 Alaska HB 196 R expanded voter id requirements, voter roll purges Legislature adjourned without passing
15 15 Alaska HB 212 R voter roll purge Legislature adjourned without passing
16 16 Alaska SB 39 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
17 17 Alaska SB 83   expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
18 18 Alaska HB 66 Mostly D expanded voter id requirements Passed committee, legislature adjourned without passing
19 19 Alaska SB 43 R limits voting options Voting restriction removed from bill
20 20 Arizona SB 1837 R limits voting options Became HB 2905
21 21 Arizona HB 2891 R partisan election roles Became SB 1819
22 22 Arizona HB 2358 R voter roll purge Legislature adjourned without passing
23 23 Arizona HB 2369 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
24 24 Arizona HB 2370 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
25 25 Arizona HB 2560 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
26 26 Arizona HB 2701 R expanded voter id requirements, limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
27 27 Arizona HB 2720 R partisan election roles Legislature adjourned without passing
28 28 Arizona HB 2722 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
29 29 Arizona HB 2798 R expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
30 30 Arizona HB 2800 R partisan election roles Legislature adjourned without passing
31 31 Arizona HB 2826 R partisan election roles Legislature adjourned without passing
32 32 Arizona HB 2875 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
33 33 Arizona SB 1678 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
34 34 Arizona HB 2799 R voter roll purge Legislature adjourned without passing
35 35 Arizona SB 1503 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
36 36 Arizona SB 1654 R increased voter surveillance Legislature adjourned without passing
37 37 Arizona SB 1358 R limits voting options Passed committee, legislature adjourned without passing
38 38 Arizona SB 1593 R limits voting options,limits voting time Passed committee, legislature adjourned without passing
39 39 Arizona SB 1241 R limits voting options Passed House, died in Senate
40 40 Arizona HB 2793 R limits voting options Passed House, Senate adjourned without passing
41 41 Arizona HB 2811 R limits voting options Passed House, Senate adjourned without passing
42 42 Arizona HB 2302 R limiting/criminalizing election official role Passed House, Senate adjourned without passing
43 43 Arizona SB 1713 R limits voting options Passed Senate, died in House
44 44 Arizona SB 1106 R limits voting options Passed Senate, House adjourned without passing
45 45 Arizona SB 1069 R limits voting options Rejected by Senate
46 46 Arizona SB 1003 R limits voting options Signed into law
47 47 Arizona SB 1485 R limits voting options Signed into law
48 48 Arizona HB 2794 R limiting/criminalizing election official role Signed into law
49 49 Arizona HB 2905 R limits voting options Signed into law
50 50 Arizona SB 1819 R partisan election roles Signed into law
51 51 Arizona HB 2792 R limits voting options Vetoed
52 52 Arizona HB 2373 R limits voting options Voting restriction removed from bill
53 53 Arkansas SB 556 R limiting/criminalizing election official role Legislature adjourned without passing
54 54 Arkansas SB 485 R limits voting time Passed Senate, died in House
55 55 Arkansas SB 701 Mostly R limits voting options Rejected by Senate
56 56 Arkansas HB 1112 R expanded voter id requirements Signed into law
57 57 Arkansas HB 1244 R expanded voter id requirements Signed into law
58 58 Arkansas HB 1715 R limits voting options Signed into law
59 59 Arkansas SB 643 R limits voting time Signed into law
60 60 Arkansas HB 1615 R limits voting options Signed into law
61 61 Arkansas SB 486 R   Signed into law
62 62 Arkansas SB 487 R limiting/criminalizing election official role Signed into law
63 63 Arkansas SB 498 R limiting/criminalizing election official role Signed into law
64 64 Arkansas SB 557 R limiting/criminalizing election official role Signed into law
65 65 California SB 511 R voter roll purge Legislature adjourned without passing
66 66 California SB 597 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
67 67 Colorado HB 1086 R expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
68 68 Colorado SB 10 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
69 69 Colorado SB 7 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
70 70 Connecticut HB 5008 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
71 71 Connecticut HB 5042 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
72 72 Connecticut HB 5873 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
73 73 Connecticut HB 5874 R expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
74 74 Connecticut HB 6326 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
75 75 Connecticut SB 478 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
76 76 Connecticut SB 795 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
77 77 Connecticut SB 798 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
78 78 Connecticut SB 800 R expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
79 79 Connecticut SB 802 R limits voting options, expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
80 80 Connecticut HB 6325 Mostly R limits voting options Passed House, Senate adjourned without passing
81 81 Delaware HB 187 R expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
82 82 Delaware HB 189 R expanded voter id requirements, limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
83 83 Florida SB 656 R expanded voter id requirements, limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
84 84 Florida HB 7041 Mostly R limits voting options Passed committee, legislature adjourned without passing
85 85 Florida SB 90 R limits voting options, expanded voter id requirements Signed into law
86 86 Georgia HB 227 R expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
87 87 Georgia HB 267 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
88 88 Georgia HB 325 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
89 89 Georgia HB 365 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
90 90 Georgia HB 366 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
91 91 Georgia HB 494 R expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
92 92 Georgia HB 507 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
93 93 Georgia HB 512 R limits voting time Legislature adjourned without passing
94 94 Georgia HB 537 R limiting/criminalizing election official role, expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
95 95 Georgia SB 175 R expanded voter id requirements Legislature adjourned without passing
96 96 Georgia SB 177 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
97 97 Georgia SB 29 R expanded voter id requirements, limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
98 98 Georgia SB 68 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
99 99 Georgia SB 70 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing
100 100 Georgia SB 73 R limits voting options Legislature adjourned without passing

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CREATE TABLE "the-big-lies-long-shadow/bills" (
"State" TEXT,
  "Bill" TEXT,
  "Introducing Party" TEXT,
  "Category" TEXT,
  "Status" TEXT
);