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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 98
5	5	March 1, 2023 - Introduced by Senators STROEBEL, BRADLEY, CABRAL-GUEVARA,
6	6	COWLES, NASS and TOMCZYK, cosponsored by Representatives KNODL, ALLEN,
7	7	ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE, BINSFELD, BRANDTJEN, BROOKS, DITTRICH, DUCHOW,
8	8	EDMING, GREEN, GUNDRUM, KITCHENS, MAGNAFICI, MICHALSKI, MOSES, MURPHY,
9	9	MURSAU, NEYLON, O'CONNOR, RETTINGER, ROZAR, SCHRAA, TITTL and TUSLER.
10	10	Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer
11	11	Protection.
12	12	AN ACT to amend 5.056; and to create 343.17 (3) (a) 16. of the statutes; relating
13	13	to: verifying citizenship of individuals on the official voter registration list and
14	14	contents of operator's licenses and identification cards.
15	15	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
16	16	Current law requires the administrator of the Elections Commission to enter
17	17	into an agreement with the secretary of transportation to match personally
18	18	identifiable information on the official voter registration list with the information
19	19	maintained by the Department of Transportation. Under this bill, the agreement
20	20	with the secretary of transportation must also provide the commission access to
21	21	personally identifiable information maintained by DOT in order to verify that
22	22	individuals on the official registration list are U.S. citizens. In addition, the bill
23	23	requires the commission to conduct the verifications as soon as practicable after the
24	24	effective date of the bill and immediately whenever an individual registers to vote
25	25	or modifies his or her registration.
26	26	The bill also requires DOT to place on the face of an operator's license or
27	27	identification card issued to a person who is not a U.S. citizen the words “Not valid
28	28	for voting purposes” or another readily recognizable indication that the license or
29	29	identification card may not be accepted for voter identification purposes.
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34	34	SENATE BILL 98
35	35	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
36	36	an appendix to this bill.
37	37	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
38	38	enact as follows:
39	39	SECTION 1. 5.056 of the statutes is amended to read:
40	40	5.056 Matching program with secretary of transportation. The
41	41	commission administrator shall enter into the agreement with the secretary of
42	42	transportation specified under s. 85.61 (1) to match personally identifiable
43	43	information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s.
44	44	6.36 (1) and the information specified in s. 6.34 (2m) with personally identifiable
45	45	information maintained by the department of transportation. The agreement shall
46	46	require the department of transportation to provide the commission access to
47	47	personally identifiable information maintained by the department of transportation
48	48	in order to verify that individuals on the official registration list are U.S. citizens.
49	49	The commission shall immediately verify the information on the list whenever an
50	50	individual registers to vote or modifies his or her registration.
51	51	SECTION 2. 343.17 (3) (a) 16. of the statutes is created to read:
52	52	343.17 (3) (a) 16. If the person is not a U.S. citizen, the legend “Not valid for
53	53	voting purposes” or another readily recognizable indication that the license may not
54	54	be accepted for voter identification purposes.
55	55	SECTION 3.0Nonstatutory provisions.
56	56	(1) CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION. The elections commission shall verify the
57	57	citizenship of all electors on the official registration list as soon as practicable after
58	58	the effective date of this subsection using the information provided by the
59	59	department of transportation under s. 5.056.
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83	83	SECTION 4
84	84	SENATE BILL 98
85	85	SECTION 4.0Initial applicability.
86	86	(1) The treatment of s. 343.17 (3) (a) 16. first applies to operator's licenses and
87	87	identification cards issued by the department of transportation on the effective date
88	88	of this subsection.
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