2025 Senate Joint Resolution 2
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
To create section 1m of article III of the constitution; relating to: requiring photographic
identification to vote in any election (second consideration).
Whereas, the 2023 legislature in regular session considered a proposed amendment to the
constitution in 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 73, which became 2023 Enrolled Joint Resolution 9, and
agreed to it by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, which proposed
amendment reads as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1m of article III of the constitution is created to read:
[Article III] Section 1m (1) No qualified elector may cast a ballot in any election
unless the elector presents valid photographic identification that verifies the elector[s
identity and that is issued by this state, the federal government, a federally recognized
American Indian tribe or band in this state, or a college or university in this state. The
legislature shall by law establish acceptable forms of photographic identification, and the
legislature may by law establish exceptions to the requirement under this subsection.
(2) A qualified elector who is unable to present valid photographic identification on
election day shall be permitted to cast a provisional ballot. A provisional ballot may not
be counted unless the elector presents valid photographic identification at a later time and
place as provided by the legislature by law.
SECTION 2. Numbering of new provision. If another constitutional amendment
ratified by the people creates the number of any provision created in this joint resolution,
the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine the sequencing and the
numbering of the provisions whose numbers conflict.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the foregoing
proposed amendment to the constitution is agreed to by the 2025 legislature; and, be it further
Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution be submitted to a vote of
the people at the election to be held on the first Tuesday of April 2025; and, be it further
Resolved, That the questions concerning ratification of the foregoing proposed amendment to
the constitution be stated on the ballot as follows:
QUESTION 1: XPhotographic identification for voting. Shall section 1m of article III of the
constitution be created to require that voters present valid photographic identification verifying their
identity in order to vote in any election, subject to exceptions which may be established by law?Y
Representative Robin J. Vos
Speaker of the Assembly
Senator Mary Felzkowski
President of the Senate
Date
Richard A. Champagne
Acting Senate Chief Clerk