| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.702 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEWOODS. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1488H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter115,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtoautomaticvoter |
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| 8 | 8 | | registration. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter115,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection115.972,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 115.972.1.Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflaw,thesecretaryofstate |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2shallestablishaprocesstoconductautomaticvoterregistrationandshallprovide |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3recommendationstolocalelectionauthoritiesfortheautomaticregistrationofeligible |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4voters. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 2.Thefollowingactionsshallresultinanindividual'sautomaticvoter |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6registrationoranupdatetotheinformationofanalreadyregisteredvoterifthe |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7individualotherwisemeetstherequirementstoregistertovote: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8 (1)Completinganapplicationforaneworreneweddriver'slicense,nondriver |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9identificationcard,driver'spermit,orcertificationofsuperviseddrivingthatisnota |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10requestforduplicationofalostorstolencardwiththedepartmentofrevenueor |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11notifyingthedepartmentinwritingofachangeinhisorhernameormailingaddress; |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12 (2)Completinganapplicationforservicesorrenewalofservicesorchangeof |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13addressrelatingtoservicesfromthedepartmentofsocialservices; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 (3)Completinganapplicationforservicesorrenewalofservicesorchangeof |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15addressrelatingtoservicesfromalocalhousingauthority; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 (4)RegisteringforclassesataninstitutionoftheUniversityofMissourisystem; |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17 (5)Completinganapplicationforunemploymentbenefits;or |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (6)Submittingaformbythedepartmentofcorrectionstothesecretaryofstate |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19thatconfirmsanindividualhasbeendischargedfromprobation,parole,or |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20incarceration;thedischargeisnonconditional;andtheindividual'splaceofresidence |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21uponrelease. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 3.Theagenciesandstatedepartmentswhoreceivetheinformationinsubsection |
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| 35 | 35 | | 232ofthissectionshall,periodicallyasrequiredbyruleorpolicy,providethesecretaryof |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24statewithsuchinformationasthesecretaryofstatespecifiesisnecessarytoconduct |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25recommendationsforautomaticvoterregistration. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26 4.Thesecretaryofstateshallprovidelistsofnonbindingrecommendationsfor |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27inclusiononvoterregistrationliststolocalelectionauthoritiesandsuchauthoritiesshall |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28includesuchrecommendationsonvoterregistrationlists,subjecttoexistingverification |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29proceduresfordeterminingwhetheranindividualiseligibletoregistertovoteand |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30eligibletovote.Localelectionauthoritiesshallretainfulljurisdictionandpowerto |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31declinetoregisterindividualsnotverifiedtobeeligibletovoteandtoremovethenames |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32ofindividualswhoarenolongereligibletovotefromvoterregistrationlists. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33 5.Withintwomonthsofreceiptofaproposedvoterregistrationlist,butpriorto |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34includingarecommendedindividualonavoterregistrationlist,thelocalelection |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35authorityshallsendnoticeofpotentialautomaticregistrationwhichshallincludea |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36postage-paidpostcardforpurposesofdecliningregistration.If,afteraperiodofone |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37month,thepostcardisnotreturnedtothelocalelectionauthority,theindividual'sname |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38shallbeaddedtothevoterregistrationlist,exceptthatanytimeapostcardisreceived, |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39theindividual'snameshallberemovedfromthevoterregistrationlist.Thissubsection |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40shallnotbeconstruedtopreventremovalfromvoterregistrationlistsbyanyother |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41methodallowedunderthischapter. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42 6.Theprovisionsofthissectionallowforautomaticvoterregistrationin |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43additiontoanyothermethodofregistrationallowedunderthischapterandshallnotbe |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44interpretedtoinvalidateanyothermethodforvoterregistration. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 45 7.Theprovisionsofthissectionwithregardtothesecretaryofstate,state |
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| 58 | 58 | | 46departmentsandagencies,andlocalelectionauthoritiesshallbesubjecttothe |
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| 59 | 59 | | 47appropriationandpaymentoffundsnecessarytoconductautomaticvoterregistration |
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| 60 | 60 | | 48andverificationprocedures. |
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| 61 | 61 | | 49 8.Thesecretaryofstatemaypromulgateallnecessaryrulesforthe |
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| 62 | 62 | | 50administrationofthissection.Anyruleorportionofarule,asthattermisdefined |
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| 63 | 63 | | 51insection536.010,thatiscreatedundertheauthoritydelegatedinthissectionshall |
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| 64 | 64 | | 52becomeeffectiveonlyifitcomplieswithandissubjecttoalloftheprovisionsofchapter |
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| 65 | 65 | | 53536and,ifapplicable,section536.028.Thissectionandchapter536arenonseverable |
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| 66 | 66 | | 54andifanyofthepowersvestedwiththegeneralassemblypursuanttochapter536to |
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| 67 | 67 | | HB702 2 55review,todelaytheeffectivedate,ortodisapproveandannularulearesubsequently |
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| 68 | 68 | | 56heldunconstitutional,thenthegrantofrulemakingauthorityandanyruleproposedor |
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| 69 | 69 | | 57adoptedafterAugust28,2025,shallbeinvalidandvoid. |
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| 70 | 70 | | âś” |
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| 71 | 71 | | HB702 3 |
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