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| 2 | 2 | HOUSE BILL 574 | |
| 3 | 3 | By Doggett | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | SENATE BILL 658 | |
| 6 | 6 | By Hensley | |
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| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | SB0658 | |
| 10 | 10 | 001326 | |
| 11 | 11 | - 1 - | |
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| 13 | 13 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, | |
| 14 | 14 | relative to voter identification. | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-7-112, is amended by designating | |
| 18 | 18 | subsection (c) as subdivision (c)(1) and adding the following new subdivision (c)(2): | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) "Evidence of identification," as described in subdivision (c)(1), does not | |
| 20 | 20 | include a license, identification card, passport, or other document that has expired or | |
| 21 | 21 | that is invalid for any reason. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 2, Part 1, is amended by | |
| 23 | 23 | adding the following as a new section: | |
| 24 | 24 | Notwithstanding a law to the contrary, a county election commission shall not | |
| 25 | 25 | register a person to vote unless the applicant has provided proof satisfactory to the | |
| 26 | 26 | respective commission that the person holds valid, unexpired evidence of identification | |
| 27 | 27 | as described in ยง 2-7-112(c)(1) at the time of processing the applicant's application to | |
| 28 | 28 | register. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |