Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session
Relating to: verifying citizenship of individuals on the official voter registration list and contents of operator's licenses and identification cards. (FE)
Citizenship Elections — Registration Elections commission Identification cards Motor vehicle — Drivers license Transportation department of — Vehicles
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law requires the administrator of the Elections Commission to enter
into an agreement with the secretary of transportation to match personally
identifiable information on the official voter registration list with the information
maintained by the Department of Transportation. Under this bill, the agreement
with the secretary of transportation must also provide the commission access to
personally identifiable information maintained by DOT in order to verify that
individuals on the official registration list are U.S. citizens. In addition, the bill
requires the commission to conduct the verifications as soon as practicable after the
effective date of the bill and immediately whenever an individual registers to vote
or modifies his or her registration.
The bill also requires DOT to place on the face of an operator's license or
identification card issued to a person who is not a U.S. citizen the words “Not valid
for voting purposes” or another readily recognizable indication that the license or
identification card may not be accepted for voter identification purposes.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Magnafici (R) , Michalski (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Neylon (R) , O'Connor (R) , Rettinger (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R)
Votes
Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 3, Noes 2
Passed 3–2 Nov 6, 2023 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Knodl, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Green, Gundrum, Kitchens, Magnafici, Michalski, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, O'Connor, Rettinger, Rozar, Schraa, Tittl and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Cowles, Nass and Tomczyk
- Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
- Mar 10, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Bodden added as a coauthor
- Mar 17, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 19, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 24, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Nov 2, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 11-9-2023 by Committee on Rules
- Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly
- Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1