Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1291
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 3-5-2-40.5.
Synopsis: Proof of identification. Provides that a Veterans
Identification Card issued by the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs is sufficient proof of identification for purposes of Indiana
election law.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and
Apportionment.
Introduced
First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1291
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
elections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 3-5-2-40.5; (13)IN1291.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 3-5-2-40.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.118-2011,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 40.5. (a) Except as provided in
subsection
subsections (b)
and (c), "proof of identification" refers to a document
that satisfies all the following:
(1) The document shows the name of the individual to whom the
document was issued, and the name conforms to the name in the
individual's voter registration record.
(2) The document shows a photograph of the individual to whom
the document was issued.
(3) The document includes an expiration date, and the document:
(A) is not expired; or
(B) expired after the date of the most recent general election.
(4) The document was issued by the United States or the state of
Indiana.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(3), a document issued by the
United States Department of Defense, a branch of the uniformed
services, the Merchant Marine, or the Indiana National Guard that:
(1) otherwise complies with the requirements of subsection (a);
and
(2) has no expiration date or states that the document has an
indefinite expiration date;
is sufficient proof of identification for purposes of this title.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(3), a Veterans Identification
Card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
is sufficient proof of identification for purposes of this title.