SSB 3024 (LSB 5631XC (7) 91)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ZUMBACH)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the verification of citizenship and immigration status of persons who apply for or renew a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.183A  Citizenship and immigration status verification.
   1.  The department shall use the SAVE program, or any successor federal verification system, to verify the United States citizenship and immigration status of each person who applies for issuance or renewal of a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card and who does not provide proof that the person is a United States citizen. The department shall not issue or renew a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card if the person does not provide proof the person is a United States citizen and the department is unable to verify the person’s status as lawfully present in the United States.
   2.  For purposes of this section, “SAVE program” means the systematic alien verification for entitlements system of the United States department of homeland security and the United States citizenship and immigration services.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the department of transportation (DOT) to use the federal systematic alien verification for entitlements system to verify the U.S. citizenship and immigration status of each person who applies for issuance or renewal of a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card and who does not provide proof that the person is a U.S. citizen. The bill prohibits the DOT from issuing or renewing a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card if the person does not provide proof the person is a U.S. citizen and the DOT is unable to verify the person’s status as lawfully present in the United States.