Relating to the use of student identification cards as voter registration and identification documents

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2020
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to the usage of student identification cards issued by accredited Iowa postsecondary educational institutions as voter registration and identification documents. The bill allows a student identification card issued by an accredited Iowa postsecondary educational institution to be used for voter registration even if the card lacks the person’s photograph and a valid expiration date and a person presenting a student identification card issued by an accredited Iowa postsecondary educational institution that does not include a current address in the precinct is not subject to additional address verification requirements.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named February 5, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. R. Smith
• Sen. Claire Celsi D
• Sen. Jake Chapman R

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