Voter registration; digital list of registered voters and persons voting at elections. [HB-1532]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Relating to voter registration; list of registered voters and persons voting at elections. Requires the Department of Elections to provide digital lists of all registered voters and of persons who voted at any primary, special, or general election held in the four preceding years at no cost and manually prepared paper lists at actual cost to certain persons. Under current law such lists are provided at a reasonable price.
HB-1532: Voter registration; digital list of registered voters and persons voting at elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy P. Griffin
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024
Voter or voter's registration; challenges to candidate qualifications or eligibility. [HB-1534]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Elections; challenges to voter or voter's registration; challenges to candidate qualifications or eligibility. Eliminates the process by which any voter could challenge, in a polling place on the day of an election, the right of any other voter to cast a ballot. The bill also eliminates the process by which any three voters could challenge a voter's registration before the general registrar; such challenges may still be made by filing a petition with the circuit court of the county or city where the voter is registered. The bill also requires challenges
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HB-1534: Voter or voter's registration; challenges to candidate qualifications or eligibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark D. Sickles
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
Relating To Registered Voters. [HB-1733]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Public Health ]
Requires county clerks to update the general register of voters according to death certificates and other disqualifying records upon receipt from department of health or another informing agency.
HB-1733: Relating To Registered Voters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Cheape Matsumoto
Referred To Jha, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/24/2024
Voter registration; proof of citizenship. [HB-1441]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
Voter registration; proof of citizenship. Requires any person applying to register to vote to provide proof of his United States citizenship. The bill provides that the general registrars shall reject any voter registration application not accompanied by one of the proofs of citizenship enumerated in the bill. Under the provisions of the bill, any person who is registered in the Commonwealth on July 1, 2024, shall be deemed to have provided satisfactory proof of citizenship and shall not be required to submit proof of citizenship so long as the
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HB-1441: Voter registration; proof of citizenship.
Sponsored by: Rep. William D. Wiley
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024
Voter registration by political party affiliation; partially closed primary elections. [HB-1439]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Voter registration by political party affiliation; partially closed primary elections. Adds party affiliation, beginning January 1, 2025, to the information that an applicant is asked to provide when registering to vote. The applicant may indicate that he is an independent. The bill specifies that voters registered prior to January 1, 2025, will be designated as independent unless they provide a political party affiliation to the general registrar. Voters may change their political party affiliation or independent status by written notice at any
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HB-1439: Voter registration by political party affiliation; partially closed primary elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. William D. Wiley
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024
Relating To Elections. [SB-2240]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requires the Office of Elections to file an application with Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. (ERIC), by 6/30/2025, for the State to be admitted as a member of that organization. Requires the Office of Elections to share with each county the information and services made available by ERIC pursuant to the State's membership agreement with that organization. Requires the Office of Elections and each county office that administers elections to use information and services made available by ERIC to verify their respective voter registration
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SB-2240: Relating To Elections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Act 190, 07/03/2024 (gov. Msg. No. 1291). on 07/05/2024
Relating To Voting. [SB-1560]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allows an individual who is seventeen years of age but will be eighteen years of age on or before the next general election to register and vote at the primary election immediately preceding that general election and in any co-occurring or intervening special election. Takes effect upon ratification of an appropriate constitutional amendment.
SB-1560: Relating To Voting.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald D. Kouchi
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
Relating To Elections. [HB-1609]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requires the Office of Elections to apply to be a member of the Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. (ERIC), by 6/30/2025. Requires the Office of Elections and counties to use information and services made available by ERIC to verify their respective voter registration rolls. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HB-1609: Relating To Elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Reported From Jha (stand. Com. Rep. No. 48-24) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Fin. on 02/05/2024
Voter registration; list maintenance, data sharing. [SB-606]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Voter registration; list maintenance; data sharing; requiring membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). Requires the Commissioner of Elections to apply for, enter into, and maintain membership for the Commonwealth in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).
SB-606: Voter registration; list maintenance, data sharing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Schuyler T. VanValkenburg
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
Voter registration; list maintenance, data sharing. [HB-1177]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Voter registration; list maintenance; data sharing; requiring membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). Requires the Commissioner of Elections to apply for, enter into, and maintain membership for the Commonwealth in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).
HB-1177: Voter registration; list maintenance, data sharing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy B. Carr
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
Voter registration; protected voter status, elections officials. [HB-943]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Voter registration; protected voter status; elections officials. Adds to the list of protected voters any person serving as a member of a local electoral board, a general registrar, a deputy registrar or employee in an office of a general registrar, or an officer of election. Protected voters are permitted by law to provide on the application for voter registration, in addition to the voter's residence street address, a post office box address located within the Commonwealth to be included on (i) lists of registered voters and persons who voted,
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Voter registration; registration of DMV customers, updates to existing registration. [SB-315]
[Voting Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Elections ]
Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers, automatic update. Provides that the information gathered by the Department of Motor Vehicles for a person who is already registered to vote is to be automatically transmitted to the Department of Elections for the purpose of updating an existing voter registration record name or address change and to return a voter to active status from inactive status, as appropriate. Under current law, a person must be presented with the option to decline to have his information transmitted
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SB-315: Voter registration; registration of DMV customers, updates to existing registration.
Sponsored by: Sen. Saddam Azlan Salim
Continued To 2025 In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 02/23/2024
Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches. [HB-904]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Data Privacy ]
Voter registration; list maintenance activities; cancellation procedures; required record matches; required identification information; data standards. Requires certain, specified identification information to be included on the lists received by the Department of Elections for list maintenance purposes and requires the Department, upon receiving any such list, to do an initial comparison of the information included on such list with the list of registered voters and determine the confidence score for any match. Matches with a confidence score of
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HB-904: Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia S. Price
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches. [SB-300]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Data Privacy ]
Voter registration; list maintenance activities; cancellation procedures; required record matches; required identification information; data standards. Requires certain, specified identification information to be included on the lists received by the Department of Elections for list maintenance purposes and requires the Department, upon receiving any such list, to do an initial comparison of the information included on such list with the list of registered voters and determine the confidence score for any match. Matches with a confidence score of
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SB-300: Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches.
Sponsored by: Sen. Aaron R. Rouse
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
Voter registration; cancellation of registration by voter convicted of a felony. [SB-224]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Voter registration; cancellation of registration by voter convicted of a felony; notice prior to cancellation. Requires the general registrar to mail a notice to all persons known by him to have been convicted of a felony prior to canceling any such person's voter registration. The bill specifies that such notice shall inform the person of the report from the Department of Elections based on information received from the Central Criminal Records Exchange indicating his felony conviction and allow such person to submit evidence that his right to
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SB-224: Voter registration; cancellation of registration by voter convicted of a felony.
Sponsored by: Sen. Aaron R. Rouse
Incorporated By Privileges And Elections on 02/06/2024
Voter registration; list maintenance data standards, challenges to a voter's registration. [SB-196]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Data Privacy ]
Voter registration; list maintenance data standards; challenges to a voter's registration. Prohibits the use of voter data received from another state or jurisdiction or through a list comparison for list maintenance purposes when the data file does not include a unique identifier for each individual whose information is contained in the data file. The bill requires the Department of Elections to conduct an annual review of all sources of data utilized for list maintenance activities in the preceding 12-month period for the purpose of determining
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SB-196: Voter registration; list maintenance data standards, challenges to a voter's registration.
Sponsored by: Sen. Schuyler T. VanValkenburg
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers, automatic update. [HB-565]
[Voting Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Elections ]
Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers; automatic update. Provides that the information gathered by the Department of Motor Vehicles for a person who indicates that he is already registered to vote is to be automatically transmitted to the Department of Elections for the purpose of updating an existing voter registration record. Under current law, a person must be presented with the option to decline to have his information transmitted to the Department of Elections before such information may be transmitted.
HB-565: Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers, automatic update.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan I. Helmer
Continued To 2025 In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 02/09/2024
Voter registration; registering in person up to the day of the election. [SB-92]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Voter registration; registering in person up to the day of the election. Provides that any person who is qualified to register to vote is only entitled to register in person up to the day of the election at the office of the general registrar in the locality in which such person resides. Under current law, such persons are also entitled to register to vote on the day of the election in the precinct in which they reside.
SB-92: Voter registration; registering in person up to the day of the election.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark J. Peake
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (8-y 6-n) on 01/16/2024
Voter registration by political party affiliation; partially closed primary elections. [HB-56]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Voter registration by political party affiliation; partially closed primary elections. Adds party affiliation, beginning January 1, 2025, to the information that an applicant is asked to provide when registering to vote. The applicant may indicate that he is an independent. The bill specifies that voters registered prior to January 1, 2025, will be designated as independent unless they provide a political party affiliation to the general registrar. Voters may change their political party affiliation or independent status by written notice at any
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HB-56: Voter registration by political party affiliation; partially closed primary elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Wright
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024