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HR 239

ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS: Provides for a task force to study the best practices for training poll commissioners

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Edmond Jordan

Establishes a task force to study and recommend best practices for training poll commissioners, aiming to improve training quality, consistency, and the integrity of voting.

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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Bill Summary · HR 239

Summary — H.R. 239 (2025) — "ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS: Provides for a task force to study the best practices for training poll commissioners"

Basic information

  • Bill number: H.R. 239
  • Classification: Resolution
  • Short title (as provided): ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS: Provides for a task force to study the best practices for training poll commissioners
  • Introduced: January 7, 2025
  • Current status: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs (read by title 05‑29‑2025)
  • Sponsors (listed): David Schweikert; Phil Olaleye; Derrick Jackson; Tremaine Reese; Omari Crawford; Eric Bell; Edmond Jordan

Purpose / intent (per title)

The resolution’s stated purpose is to establish a task force charged with studying and identifying best practices for training poll commissioners (sometimes called poll workers or election commissioners). The goal implied by the title is to improve the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of poll worker training to support accurate, secure, and accessible voting operations.

What the official record shows (important note)

The legislative document text provided to me does not contain the operative language for an elections task‑force resolution. Instead, the packet includes several unrelated resolutions (commendation on retirement for Ms. Mattie D. Williams; a Georgia NAACP Founders Day commemoration; an Illinois House resolution congratulating Zammuto’s on its 100th anniversary). No substantive text describing the composition, duties, deadlines, or reporting requirements of an elections task force appears in the material supplied.

Because the formal text of H.R. 239 establishing the task force is not present, the summary below distinguishes between (A) verified procedural metadata and (B) typical elements such a resolution would include if it follows its title.

Typical/expected provisions (based on the bill title — not confirmed in the provided text)

If H.R. 239 follows standard practice for this subject, it would likely:
- Create a temporary, non‑standing task force or commission to study poll‑commissioner training.
- Specify membership (e.g., state election officials, county election officials, representatives of civic groups, academic experts, minority‑language advocacy organizations).
- Define the scope: inventory existing training materials, identify gaps, recommend standardized curricula and certification, and evaluate accessibility and anti‑bias training.
- Set a timeline and reporting requirement (e.g., report to the legislature or Secretary of State within X months).
- Make recommendations about best practices, possible statutory or regulatory changes, and resource needs; it might or might not appropriate funding (resolutions often do not appropriate funds).
- Provide for public hearings or stakeholder input.

Who would be affected

  • State and local election officials and administrators.
  • Poll commissioners/poll workers (training, recruitment, and certification practices).
  • Voters indirectly (through potentially improved poll operations and voting experience).
  • Civic groups, political parties, and organizations involved in voter assistance and poll‑worker recruitment.

Procedural notes & recommended next steps

  • Confirmed status entries include referrals and multiple procedural actions (introduced 01‑07‑2025; committee referral 05‑29‑2025). The legislative log supplied contains many actions but also entries that appear from multiple jurisdictions—please verify against the official legislative website(s) for the chamber that introduced H.R. 239.
  • To finalize analysis: obtain the official engrossed/enrolled text for H.R. 239, or the committee report, to confirm membership, duties, timeline, and any funding. Monitor the House and Governmental Affairs Committee for hearings, amendments, and the report date.

If you want, I can: (a) search for the official bill text and committee materials (please confirm which legislative body/state/Chamber to check), or (b) draft a model task‑force resolution text that matches the stated purpose.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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