Hawaii Senate Bill 2259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-29 - Re-Referred to TRE/PSM, JDL/WAM.
Pending: Senate Transportation and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Beginning on January 1, 2017, requires that any person who is eligible to vote and applies for a new or renewed motor vehicle driver's license, provisional license, instruction permit, limited purpose driver's license, limited purpose provisional driver's license, limited purpose instruction permit, or identification card shall be automatically registered to vote if that person is not already registered to vote; provided that upon receipt of notification from the respective county clerk the applicant shall have twenty-one calendar days to opt-out of automatic voter registration. Makes an appropriation.

Automatic Voter Registration; Driver's License; Identification Card; Opt-out; Appropriation ($)

Sen. Russell Ruderman [D]	Sen. Josh Green [D]	Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D]	Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland [D]
Sen. William Espero [D]	Sen. Les Ihara [D]	Sen. Donna Kim [D]	Sen. Laura Thielen [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-29	Senate	Re-Referred to TRE/PSM, JDL/WAM.
2016-01-25	Senate	Referred to TRE/PSM/JDL, WAM.
2016-01-25	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2016-01-22	Senate	Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2259&year=2016
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2259_.HTM