SF 164 (LSB 1670XS (2) 91)

SENATE FILE 164

BY  SALMON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the use of applications for state motor vehicle driver’s licenses, nonoperator’s identification cards, and public services as applications for voter registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 48A.18, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  a.  Each Except as provided in paragraph “b”, each state motor vehicle driver’s license application, including any renewal application or application for a nonoperator’s identification card, submitted to the office of driver services of the state department of transportation shall serve as an application for voter registration unless the applicant declines to register to vote. A completed voter registration form submitted to the office of driver services of the state department of transportation shall be considered to update any previous voter registration by the registrant.
   b.  An application for a state motor vehicle driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card shall not serve as an application for voter registration if the applicant submits documentation demonstrating that the applicant is not a citizen of the United States.
    Sec. 2.  Section 48A.19, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The Except as provided in subsection 7, the voter registration agency shall provide voter registration services with each application for services or assistance and with each recertification, renewal, or change of address form completed relating to the agency’s services. The secretary of state shall adopt administrative rules in cooperation with voter registration agencies to carry out the requirements of this section.
    Sec. 3.  Section 48A.19, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  The voter registration agency shall not provide voter registration services to a person submitting an application for services or assistance or a recertification, renewal, or change of address form completed relating to the agency’s services if the person submits documentation demonstrating that the person is not a citizen of the United States.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits the department of transportation and other voter registration agencies from treating applications for driver’s licenses, nonoperator’s identification cards, services, or assistance as applications for voter registration if the applicant submits documentation demonstrating that the applicant is not a citizen of the United States.