SF 2077: Providing for the automatic registration of eligible electors upon review of electronic records received from state agencies and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill provides for the registration of eligible electors upon review of electronic records received from state agencies. The bill allows for registration of eligible electors to vote following review of electronic records received from driver’s license and nonoperator’s identification card applications by county commissioners of registration (county auditors). The bill requires that the office of driver services of the department of transportation transmit to the state registrar of voters (the secretary of state) electronic records containing the legal name, age, residence, and citizenship information for, and the electronic signature of, each person submitting an application for a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card, or any renewal application.

Senate subcommittee · named January 20, 2022

• Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Pam Jochum (D)

Lobbying · 11 for, 1 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Alliance For Retired Americans; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Education Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa; UAW Region 4; United Professionals/UE

Against: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

In plain words

1. January 19, 2022Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
2. January 20, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Dawson and Jochum