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Committee advances bill to require certain agencies to report noncitizen benefit recipients to secretary of state
Summary
The Elections Committee amended and advanced HB 24‑91, narrowing reporting to agencies designated as voter‑registration agencies and adding required identifiers (date of birth, last 4 of SSN, driver’s license number, alien number) after hearing from the secretary of state’s counsel about matching needs. Several members recorded no votes over privacy and fiscal concerns.
The Committee on Elections on Wednesday voted to advance House Bill 24‑91, which— as amended—would require only those state agencies designated as voter‑registration agencies to report recipients of public funds or benefits who are noncitizens to the secretary of state, and to provide additional identifying information to allow one‑to‑one comparisons with voter rolls.
The committee first adopted an amendment narrowing the bill’s scope to…
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