House Study Bill 74 - Introduced SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED SECRETARY OF STATE BILL) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the address confidentiality program. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 1414XD (3) 91 sc/ns
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 9E.3, subsection 1, paragraphs e and f, 1 Code 2025, are amended to read as follows: 2 e. The residential address of the eligible person, 3 disclosure of which could lead to an increased risk of domestic 4 abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, assault, stalking, 5 or human trafficking. If the eligible persons residential 6 address is a shelter known to the program, the applicant may 7 provide the shelters name and other contact information in 8 lieu of the shelters physical address. 9 f. If mail cannot be delivered to the residential address of 10 the eligible person, the address to which mail can be sent to 11 the eligible person. If the eligible persons mailing address 12 is a shelter known to the program, the applicant may provide 13 the shelters name and other contact information in lieu of the 14 shelters physical address. 15 Sec. 2. Section 9E.4, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended 16 to read as follows: 17 2. The secretary shall cancel a program participants 18 certification if the for any of the following reasons: 19 a. The program participants application contains false 20 information. 21 b. The secretary receives information from a reliable source 22 that the program participant has died. 23 c. A program participant with legal documentation from a 24 reliable source requests an adult member of a household to be 25 removed from the program. An adult member of a household whose 26 program certification is canceled is eligible to rejoin the 27 program. 28 Sec. 3. Section 9E.5, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended 29 to read as follows: 30 3. The secretary shall forward all mail sent to the 31 designated address to the program participant. At the request 32 of the program participant, the secretary may hold the program 33 participants mail for up to thirty days. 34 Sec. 4. Section 9E.6, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended by 35 -1- LSB 1414XD (3) 91 sc/ns 1/ 3
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ adding the following new paragraph: 1 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. The state commissioner of elections 2 or a county commissioner of elections shall cancel a program 3 participants voter registration upon becoming aware of the 4 program participants voter registration in another state. 5 Sec. 5. Section 9E.6, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2025, 6 is amended to read as follows: 7 a. A program participant who is otherwise eligible to 8 vote may annually register with the state commissioner of 9 elections as an absentee voter for the length of a program 10 participants certification period . As soon as practicable 11 before each election, the state commissioner of elections shall 12 determine the precinct in which the residential address of the 13 program participant is located and shall request and receive 14 from the county commissioner of elections the ballot for that 15 precinct and shall forward the absentee ballot to the program 16 participant with the other materials for absentee balloting as 17 required of the county commissioner of elections by section 18 53.8 . 19 EXPLANATION 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 21 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 22 Under current law, the address confidentiality program 23 managed by the secretary of state provides mail forwarding 24 services to program participants who include victims of 25 domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, assault, 26 stalking, or human trafficking, and individuals who fear for 27 their own safety or the safety of a household member. This 28 bill allows the secretary to (1) accept as an eligible persons 29 residential or mailing address the name and other contact 30 information of a shelter at which the eligible person resides 31 in lieu of the shelters physical address, (2) cancel an 32 adult participants certification or a deceased participants 33 certification upon receiving reliable information, and (3) 34 hold a participants mail for up to 30 days at the request of 35 -2- LSB 1414XD (3) 91 sc/ns 2/ 3
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ the participant. The bill requires the secretary or a county 1 commissioner of elections to cancel a participants voter 2 registration if aware that the participant is registered to 3 vote in another state. The bill allows a program participant 4 to register as an absentee voter for the length of the 5 participants certification period, rather than annually under 6 current law. 7 -3- LSB 1414XD (3) 91 sc/ns 3/ 3