(a) The department’s NVRA coordinator shall ensure that each employee of the department who interacts with the California New Motor Voter Program shall, annually and as part of an initial new employee orientation, receive a training on the requirements of this chapter and the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. § 20501 et seq.). The training shall include, but is not limited to, instructing employees regarding processing voter information submitted to the department, acceptance rules, transmission deadlines, and procedures for identifying and reporting errors or delays.

(b) The Secretary of State’s NVRA coordinator shall ensure that each employee of the Secretary of State responsible for the receipt and processing of voter registration information from the department shall, annually and as part of an initial new employee orientation, receive a training on the requirements of this chapter and the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. § 20501 et seq.). The training shall include, but is not limited to, instructing employees regarding procedures for the regular monitoring of the timeliness of the receipt of registration data from department transactions and the protocol for reporting and addressing problems with the timeliness and quality of the voter registration data received from the department.

(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 314, Sec. 13. (AB 796) Effective January 1, 2022.)