June 21, 2019 - Introduced by Senators Hansen, Johnson, Bewley, Carpenter,
Larson, Ringhand, Risser, Schachtner, L. Taylor, Wirch and Smith,
cosponsored by Representatives Crowley, Gruszynski, Vining, Anderson,
Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Doyle, Emerson, Fields,
Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, McGuire, L. Myers,
Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer,
Stubbs, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vruwink and Zamarripa. Referred to Committee
on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues.

SB293,1,5 1An Act to amend 5.056, 6.33 (2) (a), 6.35 (3), 6.86 (3) (c) and 85.61 (1); and to
2create 6.256, 6.29 (2) (e) and 343.14 (2p) of the statutes; relating to: automatic
3voter registration and the integration of registration information with
4information maintained by the Department of Transportation and other state
5agencies and granting rule-making authority.

This bill requires the Elections Commission to facilitate the registration of all
eligible electors of this state and to maintain the registration of all eligible electors
for so long as they remain eligible. The bill directs the commission and the
Department of Transportation to enter into an agreement so that DOT may transfer
information in DOT's records to the commission. The bill requires the commission
to maintain the confidentiality of any information it obtains under the agreement
and allows a driver's license or identification card applicant to “opt out" of DOT's
transfer of this information to the commission. Once the commission obtains all the
information required under current law to complete an elector's registration, the
commission adds the elector's name to the statewide registration list.

The bill also directs the Elections Commission to report to the appropriate
standing committees of the legislature, no later than July 1, 2020, concerning its
progress in implementing the registration system created by the bill. The report
must contain an assessment of the feasibility of integrating registration information
with information maintained by other agencies.