Date of enactment:
2023 Senate Bill 98 Date of publication*:
2023 WISCONSIN ACT
AN ACT to amend 5.056; and to create 343.17 (3) (a) 16. of the statutes; relating to: verifying citizenship of individ-
uals on the official voter registration list and contents of operator’s licenses and identification cards.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 5.056 of the statutes is amended to read:
5.056 Matching program with secretary of trans-
portation. The commission administrator shall enter
into the agreement with the secretary of transportation
specified under s. 85.61 (1) to match personally identifi-
able information on the official registration list main-
tained by the commission under s. 6.36 (1) and the infor-
mation specified in s. 6.34 (2m) with personally
identifiable information maintained by the department of
transportation. The agreement shall require the depart-
ment of transportation to provide the commission access
to personally identifiable information maintained by the
department of transportation in order to verify that indi-
viduals on the official registration list are U.S. citizens.
The commission shall immediately verify the informa-
tion on the list whenever an individual registers to vote
or modifies his or her registration.
SECTION 2. 343.17 (3) (a) 16. of the statutes is created
to read:
343.17 (3) (a) 16. If the person is not a U.S. citizen,
the legend “Not valid for voting purposes” or another
readily recognizable indication that the license may not
be accepted for voter identification purposes.
SECTION 3.0Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION. The elections com-
mission shall verify the citizenship of all electors on the
official registration list as soon as practicable after the
effective date of this subsection using the information
provided by the department of transportation under s.
5.056.
SECTION 4.0Initial applicability.
(1) The treatment of s. 343.17 (3) (a) 16. first applies
to operator’s licenses and identification cards issued by
the department of transportation on the effective date of
this subsection.
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”