Virginia Senate Bill 222 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-19 - Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Voter registration; automatic voter registration. Provides for the automatic electronic transmission by the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Elections of certain information for any person coming into an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles or accessing its website in order to (i) apply for, replace, or renew a driver's license, (ii) apply for, replace, or renew a special identification card, or (iii) change an address on an existing driver's license or special identification card if the Department of Motor Vehicles records indicate that he (a) is a United States citizen, (b) is 17 years of age or older, and (c) at the time of the transaction does not decline to have his information transmitted to the Department of Elections for voter registration purposes. The option to decline to have his information so transmitted shall be presented at the time of one of the specified transactions with the Department of Motor Vehicles and shall be accompanied by a warning that intentionally making a materially false statement during the transaction and that voting more than once in any election in the same or different jurisdictions are both punishable under Virginia law as a felony. The information required to be transferred includes the person's full name, date of birth, gender, residence address, citizenship status, driver's license and social security number, and digital signature and an affirmation by the person that he meets all voter eligibility requirements. Upon receipt of the information, the Department of Elections is required to determine whether the person is already registered to vote. If the person is already registered to vote, the Department of Elections is required to take certain steps to update the voter's registration records. If the person is not already registered to vote, the Department of Elections is required to verify that the person meets all voter eligibility requirements and, if so finding, is required to transmit the information to the appropriate general registrar. The bill repeals the requirement that the Department of Motor Vehicles offer, accept, receive, and send voter registration applications.

Voter registration; automatic voter registration.

Sen. Donald McEachin [D]	Sen. Rosalyn Dance [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]
Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]
Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D]

2016-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-19	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)
2016-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2016-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101982D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	410.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	411.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	411.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	412	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	413	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	415.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	418	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	653	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB222
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB222+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S08V0004+SB0222