HJR94--VOTERIDENTIFICATION
SPONSOR: Simmons
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheStandingCommitteeon
ElectionsandElectedOfficialsbyavoteof8to4.
Uponvoterapproval,thisproposedConstitutional amendment
requiresvoterstoprovideavalidgovernment-issuedphoto
identification. Anexceptionmaybeprovidedtoallowapersonto
votebyprovisionalballot.
ThisbillisthesameasHJR62(2021).
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythattheresolutionconfirmsthat
photographicidentification isauthorizedwhichistheviewadopted
bybothvotersandresidentswhoarepolled.TheMissouri
SecretaryofStateassistsallindividualswhohavesought
identification inordertovote.Theresolutionalsoauthorizes
exceptionstophotographicidentification involvingprovisional
ballots.
TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative Simmons;AlannaAhern;
AmandaHickenbottom-Conner;AmberHorton;AmyReed;AndrewKruse;
AndrewMichaelJohnson;AngelaGood;AnnYoung;AshleyTwellman;
BeckyWoods;BevEhlen;BrianBinkley;BrianDBarbagallo;Brittney
Manier;CalebRust;Carol;CarolLittmann;CarolOrphan;Caroline
RuthMueller;CarrieFarrow;CarrieFarrow;CathyBoero;CharlesB
Defarkas;ChristineLewis;ChristyDShelton;ColetteKingston;
CoriPhelps;CynthiaL.Jones;CynthiaMuellerRice;Danielle
Vancil;DarynRoss;DavidNorris;DawnCox;DebraNugent;Diane
Unger,RN;DonGrimm;ElizabethAnnePetersen;Erin;GaryBrown;
HeatherKruse;HeatherLeone-Wilson;HeatherR.Herbold;Hugh
Mackenzie;JaimeCheaney;JamesL.Pelis;JamesMartinMiller;
JamesSelesnick;JamieMcLain;JanetHennessey;JeffSchieber;
JenniferBoren;JenniferHull;JenniferNolen;JenniferSpencer;
JessicaForst;JessicaGrimm;JimConrady;JimmieJ.Rice;Johanna
Beaudean;JoshuaLehman;JudithMoorefield;JudySofka,Missouri
PrecinctProject/MOPP;JuliaJansma;JulieDuncan;KarenLBriggs;
KarenLevy;KarenMelendy;KarinWashington;KateStratton;
KathleenLee;KathrynHammen;KathrynSSchoeck;KatieLevy;Katie
Lyczak;KellyHooker;KennethAgne;KimPenrod;KristineWarner;
LauraFeldmann;LauraSmith-Defarkas;LaurieNicewaner;Linda;
LindaWaddell;LisaWilliford;LoraYoung;Lori;LoriBourgeois;
MargDeibel;MarjorieStoeker;MarkVoetter;MarlaFastenau;Marsha
King;MatthewBourgeois;MeganMackenzie;MelissaJames;Michael
Hartman;MichaelHilbert;MichelleBrandt;MichelleFlieg;Michelle
Selesnick;MirandaTasker;MonaJohnston;NadineVarga;Nancy
Griffith;NathanBillings;NickSnyder;PamelaHeyen;Pamela Wirick;PatriciaAHilbert;PatriciaWhite;PatriciaWhite;
PatriciaWischmann;PatrickMiller;PaulaA.Harvey;PaulaJuelich;
RachelBourgeois;RebeccaPorter;RebekahRoberts;RobArnone;
RobbynKempf;RobertBourgeoisJr;RonJoecks;SaraGuthrie;Sarah
Reeves;SharonJackson;ShaunaPoggio;ShawnKaiser;SheilaA
Keating;ShellyGraves;SophiaBourgeois;SusanBosse;Susan
Stonecipher;SusanneBoehm;TaraGarcia;TeresaSimpson;Thomas
Rice;TomLatham;TomWaddell;TracyDougan;TriciaLavin;Troy
Mayfield;ValerieSwearingen;VickiDunn;WendyA.Wisniewski;
WendyCMelrose;WilmaRademaker;OpportunitySolutionsProject;
andTrishVincent,SecretaryOfState.
OPPONENTS: Thosewhoopposethebillsaythatitposesthesame
issuesasallotherlegislationthatmakesitmoredifficultto
vote.Theresolutionisanindicationthatcurrentstate
Constitutional lawprotectstherighttovoteunderstrictscrutiny
asafundamentalright.
TestifyingagainstthebillwereAbigailPankau;AlbertaMobley;
ConnieFlachs;DeborahJKitchen;DennisandBarbaraGaylor;
FrancineGlass;GettaR.Hall;JoanGentry;RabbiScottShafrin;
SusanGibson;SusanLammert;ValerieLarm;ArleneZarembka,
Momentum:MissouriMovingForward;ArnieC.AcDienoff;Charles
Phillips;JewishCommunityRelationsCouncil;DeborahBergfeld;
DebraCoe;DonCrozier;GiselleBrown;KathleenMcGinnis;Leona
Bochantin;LindaBrunner;LindaRezny;MaryPatriciaPatterson;
MelissaVatterott,MissouriCoalitionfortheEnvironment;Mikkaila
Poulin;MissouriNEA;RandeeSteffen;RonyaMcCool;SherryL
Buchanan;ToriSchafer,AmericanCivilLibertiesUnionofMissouri;
DeniseLieberman,MissouriVoterProtectionCoalition;Missouri
AFL-CIO;BrigitteSheridan;JuliannaSellers;MarissaPolzin;Nancy
Quigley;AARP;MoStateConferenceNAACP;andPROMO.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.