HF 444: Providing for the 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.

Lobbying · 3 for, 1 against

For: Brain Injury Alliance of Iowa; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; League of Women Voters of Iowa

Against: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

In plain words

1. February 24, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee