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Column | Definition
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State | State where bill was introduced
Bill | Name and link to LegisScan entry for this bill. Crossed out bill names indicate TKTKTK.
Party | --
Category | Category of bill, detailed in [the table below](#category-data-dictionary)
Status | --
Status Last Updated | --
State | State where the bill was introduced.
Bill | Name and link to [LegisScan](https://legiscan.com/) entry for this bill. Crossed out bill names indicate that they have since been renamed (and new bills are listed afterwards).
Party | Party of the legislator(s) who introduced the bill.
Category | Category of the bill, detailed in [the table below](#category-data-dictionary). Multiple categories are separated by commas.
Status | Most recent status of the bill in the legislature.
Status Last Updated | The date the bills status was last updated in our database.
### Category Data Dictionary
Category | Definition | Example
--- | --- | ---
Limit 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](https://legiscan.com/MN/bill/HF943/2021), which would ban ballot harvesting and require agents who assist voters in submitting ballots to sign a form and provide personal information
Expand 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](https://legiscan.com/CO/text/HB1086/id/2294598), which would require all registered voters to provide proof of citizenship to vote
Limit 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](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB512/2021), which would reduce the early voting period by one day and reduce voting hours
Purge voter roll | Bills that introduce new requirements for triggering a voter roll purge or require more frequent purges | [Virginia Senate Bill 1422](https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1422/2021), 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
Limit or criminalize election official role | Bills that make certain behavior by election officials a crime or reduces the authority of election officials | [Wisconsin House Bill 198](https://legiscan.com/WI/text/AB198/id/2347768), 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
Create or reinforce partisan election roles | Bills that shift authority from officials to partisan bodies | [Arizona House Bill 2891](https://legiscan.com/AZ/bill/HB2891/2021), which would remove election litigation power from the secretary of state and gives it to the attorney general until 2023
Increase voter surveillance | Bills that require or allow new methods of surveillance of voters or increase authority of poll watchers | [Tennessee House Bill 1221](https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/HB1221/2021), which would require a list of absentee-ballot applicants to be publicly posted
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](https://legiscan.com/MN/bill/HF943/2021), 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](https://legiscan.com/CO/text/HB1086/id/2294598), 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](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB512/2021), 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](https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB1422/2021), 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](https://legiscan.com/WI/text/AB198/id/2347768), 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](https://legiscan.com/AZ/bill/HB2891/2021), 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](https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/HB1221/2021), which would require a list of absentee-ballot applicants to be publicly posted