SB 293

This bill requires the Elections Commission to facilitate the registration of all

eligible electors of this state and to maintain the registration of all eligible electors

for so long as they remain eligible. The bill directs the commission and the

Department of Transportation to enter into an agreement so that DOT may transfer

information in DOT's records to the commission. The bill requires the commission

to maintain the confidentiality of any information it obtains under the agreement

and allows a driver's license or identification card applicant to “opt out" of DOT's

transfer of this information to the commission. Once the commission obtains all the

information required under current law to complete an elector's registration, the

commission adds the elector's name to the statewide registration list.

The bill also directs the Elections Commission to report to the appropriate

standing committees of the legislature, no later than July 1, 2020, concerning its

progress in implementing the registration system created by the bill. The report

must contain an assessment of the feasibility of integrating registration information

with information maintained by other agencies.