Bill Amendment: IL HB4749 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION

Status: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4749 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4749-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Mike Fortner

Filed: 3/7/2018

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4749
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4749 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Section 1A-16.1 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.1)
Sec. 1A-16.1. Automatic voter registration; Secretary of
State.
(a) The Office of the Secretary of State and the State
Board of Elections, pursuant to an interagency contract and
jointly-adopted rules, shall establish an automatic voter
registration program that satisfies the requirements of this
Section and other applicable law.
(b) If an application, an application for renewal, a change
of address form, or a recertification form for a driver's
license, other than a temporary visitor's driver's license, or

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a State identification card issued by the Office of the
Secretary of State meets the requirements of the federal REAL
ID Act of 2005, then that application shall serve as a
dual-purpose application. The dual-purpose application shall:
(1) also serve as an application to register to vote in
Illinois;
(2) allow an applicant to change his or her registered
residence address or name as it appears on the voter
registration rolls;
(3) provide the applicant with an opportunity to
affirmatively decline to register to vote or to change his
or her registered residence address or name by providing a
check box on the application form without requiring the
applicant to state the reason; and
(4) unless the applicant declines to register to vote
or change his or her registered residence address or name,
require the applicant to attest, by signature under penalty
of perjury as described in subsection (e) of this Section,
to meeting the qualifications to register to vote in
Illinois at his or her residence address as indicated on
his or her driver's license or identification card
dual-purpose application.
(b-5) If an application, an application for renewal, a
change of address form, or a recertification form for a
driver's license, other than a temporary visitor's driver's
license, or a State identification card issued by the Office of

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the Secretary of State does not meet the requirements of the
federal REAL ID Act of 2005, then that application shall serve
as a dual-purpose application. The dual-purpose application
shall:
(1) also serve as an application to register to vote in
Illinois;
(2) allow an applicant to change his or her registered
residence address or name as it appears on the voter
registration rolls; and
(3) if the applicant chooses to register to vote or to
change his or her registered residence address or name,
then require the applicant to attest, by a separate
signature under penalty of perjury, to meeting the
qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at his or
her residence address as indicated on his or her
dual-purpose application.
(b-10) The Office of the Secretary of State shall clearly
and conspicuously inform each applicant in writing: (i) of the
qualifications to register to vote in Illinois, (ii) of the
penalties provided by law for submission of a false voter
registration application, (iii) that, unless the applicant
declines to register to vote or update his or her voter
registration, his or her dual-purpose application shall also
serve as both an application to register to vote and his or her
attestation that he or she meets the eligibility requirements
for voter registration, and that his or her application to

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register to vote or update his or her registration will be
transmitted to the State Board of Elections for the purpose of
registering the person to vote at the residence address to be
indicated on his or her driver's license or identification
card, and (iv) that declining to register to vote is
confidential and will not affect any services the person may be
seeking from the Office of the Secretary of State.
(c) The Office of the Secretary of State shall review
information provided to the Office of the Secretary of State by
the State Board of Elections to inform each applicant for a
driver's license or permit, other than a temporary visitor's
driver's license, or a State identification card issued by the
Office of the Secretary of State whether the applicant is
currently registered to vote in Illinois and, if registered, at
what address.
(d) The Office of the Secretary of State shall not require
an applicant for a driver's license or State identification
card to provide duplicate identification or information in
order to complete an application to register to vote or change
his or her registered residence address or name. Before
transmitting any personal information about an applicant to the
State Board of Elections, the Office of the Secretary of State
shall review its records of the identification documents the
applicant provided in order to complete the application for a
driver's license or State identification card, to confirm that
nothing in those documents indicates that the applicant does

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not satisfy the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois
at his or her residence address.
(e) A completed, signed application for (i) a driver's
license or permit, other than a temporary visitor's driver's
license, or a State identification card issued by the Office of
the Secretary of State, that meets the requirements of the
federal REAL ID Act of 2005; or (ii) a completed application
under subsection (b-5) of this Section with a separate
signature attesting the applicant meets the qualifications to
register to vote in Illinois at his or her residence address as
indicated on his or her application shall constitute a signed
application to register to vote in Illinois at the residence
address indicated in the application unless the person
affirmatively declined in the application to register to vote
or to change his or her registered residence address or name.
If the identification documents provided to complete the
dual-purpose application indicate that he or she does not
satisfy the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at
his or her residence address, the application shall be marked
as incomplete.
(f) For each completed and signed application that
constitutes an application to register to vote in Illinois or
provides for a change in the applicant's registered residence
address or name, the Office of the Secretary of State shall
electronically transmit to the State Board of Elections
personal information needed to complete the person's

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registration to vote in Illinois at his or her residence
address. The application to register to vote shall be processed
in accordance with Section 1A-16.7.
(g) If the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 is repealed,
abrogated, superseded, or otherwise no longer in effect, then
the State Board of Elections shall establish criteria for
determining reliable personal information indicating
citizenship status and shall adopt rules as necessary for the
Secretary of State to continue processing dual-purpose
applications under this Section.
(h) As used in this Section, "dual-purpose application"
means an application, an application for renewal, a change of
address form, or a recertification form for driver's license or
permit, other than a temporary visitor's driver's license, or a
State identification card offered by the Secretary of State
that also serves as an application to register to vote in
Illinois. "Dual-purpose application" does not mean an
application under subsection (c) of Section 6-109 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code.
(i) This Section shall be implemented no later than 90 days
after the federal Real ID database is certified by the
Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)".