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Committee advances substitute for citizenship‑verification bill after lengthy debate and amendments
Summary
After hours of testimony and public comment, the Government Operations Committee adopted a substitute to HB 209—requiring processes to verify voter U.S. citizenship for state ballots—and, with a privacy amendment, voted to favorably recommend the substitute as amended.
The Government Operations Committee on Tuesday advanced the first substitute to House Bill 209, a measure that would require election officers to follow a process for verifying whether registered voters are U.S. citizens for the purpose of state and local ballots. The committee adopted a privacy amendment that classifies submitted proof of citizenship and a voter’s citizenship status in the registration system as private records before passing the substitute by recorded voice votes.
Sponsor Representative Malloy said the bill is designed to ensure that only U.S. citizens can vote in Utah state elections and to give election officials tools to verify citizenship. He and witnesses described several verification methods that would be used in practice, including information from the driver license division, the SAVE…
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