Enacted 37/2022
Electoral Reform Bill 2022
- Introduced
- 30 Mar 2022
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
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- Creates Electoral Commission to manage voter registration, oversee elections, review constituencies, and regulate online political advertising during campaigns.
- Modernizes voter registration through continuous individual application, data sharing between authorities, pending lists for 16-17 year-olds, and anonymous registration in limited cases.
- Amends Electoral Act 1997 to increase political party donation transparency, requires consolidated annual accounts, permits fundraising lotteries, and enables pandemic/island polling.
Stage timeline
- First Stage 33rd Dáil30 Mar 2022
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil30 Mar 2022
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil7 Apr 2022
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil15 Jun 2022
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil15 Jun 2022
- Second Stage 26th Seanad15 Jun 2022
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad21 Jun 2022
- Report Stage 26th Seanad6 Jul 2022
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad7 Jul 2022
- Cream List 33rd Dáil13 Jul 2022
- Enacted25 Jul 2022