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Relating to voter registration, including verification of voter citizenship
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to voter registration. citizenship of a person prior to registering the person to vote and allowing the person to cast a regular ballot. The bill requires the commissioner to first attempt to verify the citizenship of the registrant using the department of transportation’s driver’s license database. citizenship and immigration services. If the commissioner cannot verify the registrant’s citizenship using federal databases, the commissioner shall request that the registrant produce a document, listed in the bill, that verifies the registrant’s citizenship.
Read the full explanation
If the commission is unable to verify the registrant’s citizenship, the registrant shall not be registered to vote. citizenship of current registered voters and to cancel the registration of registered voters whose citizenship cannot be verified.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 13, 2024. On February 14, 2024 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§48A.33A
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
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