Committee advances verification bill using DHS SAVE despite civil‑liberties concerns
House Bill 2806, requiring ADOT, county recorders and Medicaid/Access to use DHS SAVE databases for citizenship and lawful presence checks, passed the committee (due‑pass). Supporters called it a tool to clean rolls and verify residency; opponents including the ACLU and community groups warned of false negatives, chilling effects and likely litigation.
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House Bill 2806 passed the House Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs and Elections after extensive, heated testimony. The bill requires county recorders, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and the state's Medicaid/Access systems to enter MOUs with the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) platform and to use SAVE queries to verify U.S. citizenship or lawful presence for voter registration, driver/non‑operator license issuance and certain benefit eligibility.
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