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Senate committee adopts substitute for bill requiring citizenship verification for voters
Summary
The Senate General Government Committee adopted a substitute to Senate Bill 153 that tightens acceptable proof‑of‑citizenship, creates a front‑end citizenship check using BMV and SAVE data, and directs referrals to an Election Integrity Unit; implementation is delayed 18 months.
The Senate General Government Committee on Friday adopted a substitute to Senate Bill 153, a measure that would require verification of U.S. citizenship before an elector’s ballot is counted.
Vice Chair Gavarone, who offered the substitute, said the changes align acceptable proof-of-citizenship with Bureau of Motor Vehicles documents, remove expired or out‑of‑state IDs from the list of automatically accepted documents and allow a USCIS I‑797 Notice of Action to serve as proof while replacement citizenship certificates are pending. "This…
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