Bill Text: IA SF205 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to voter registration activities at schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-09 - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Donahue, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 307. [SF205 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF205-Introduced.html
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BY
KNOX
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
BENNETT
,
DOTZLER
,
DONAHUE
,
GIDDENS
,
CELSI
,
WINCKLER
,
WEINER
,
JOCHUM
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
WAHLS
,
QUIRMBACH
,
BISIGNANO
,
PETERSEN
,
and
BOULTON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
voter
registration
activities
at
schools.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
48A.23,
subsection
1,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
At
least
twice
during
each
school
year,
the
board
of
3
directors
of
each
school
district
operating
a
high
school
and
4
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
accredited
nonpublic
school
5
shall
offer
the
opportunity
to
register
to
vote
to
each
student
6
who
is
at
least
seventeen
years
of
age
as
provided
in
this
7
subsection
.
8
a.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
operating
9
a
high
school
and
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
accredited
10
nonpublic
school
shall
allow
each
student
who
is
at
least
11
seventeen
years
of
age
to
register
to
vote
during
school
hours
12
on
the
fourth
Tuesday
in
September
of
each
year,
or
on
the
next
13
available
school
day
if
school
is
not
in
session
on
that
day.
14
b.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
operating
15
a
high
school
and
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
accredited
16
nonpublic
school
shall
coordinate
with
the
commissioner
of
17
registration
to
organize
a
second
opportunity
to
allow
each
18
student
who
is
at
least
seventeen
years
of
age
to
register
to
19
vote
during
school
hours,
which
shall
occur
later
than
the
20
date
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
,
and
shall
be
conducted
by
the
21
commissioner
or
the
commissioner’s
designee.
22
c.
The
state
registrar
of
voters
shall
prepare
materials
23
regarding
voter
registration
to
be
distributed
at
each
voter
24
registration
activity
conducted
pursuant
to
this
subsection.
25
d.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
26
operating
a
high
school
and
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
27
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
file
a
report
regarding
voter
28
registration
activities
conducted
pursuant
to
this
section
with
29
the
department
of
education
by
December
31
of
each
year.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
voter
registration
activities
conducted
34
at
schools.
The
bill
requires
the
board
of
directors
of
each
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school
district
operating
a
high
school
and
the
authorities
in
1
charge
of
each
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
allow
students
2
who
are
at
least
17
years
of
age
to
register
to
vote
during
3
school
hours
on
the
fourth
Tuesday
in
September
of
each
year,
4
or
on
the
next
available
school
day
if
school
is
not
in
session
5
on
that
day,
and
on
a
second
day
after
that
date.
The
second
6
voter
registration
opportunity
shall
be
conducted
by
the
county
7
commissioner
of
registration
or
the
commissioner’s
designee.
8
The
bill
requires
the
state
registrar
of
voters
to
prepare
9
materials
to
be
distributed
at
each
such
voter
registration
10
opportunity.
The
bill
also
requires
the
board
of
directors
11
of
each
school
district
operating
a
high
school
and
the
12
authorities
in
charge
of
each
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
13
file
a
report
regarding
voter
registration
activities
with
the
14
department
of
education
by
December
31
of
each
year.
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