Mark Obenshain
- Republican
- Senator
- District 2
Primary
Requires electronic pollbooks to contain the photographs of registered voters that are obtained by the general registrars in the production of voter photo identification cards or contained in a voter's Department of Motor Vehicles record. The bill also provides that if the electronic pollbook contains the voter's photograph, the officer of election is required to access that photograph and the voter is not required to present one of the statutorily required forms of identification. The bill prohibits lists of voters furnished pursuant to current law from containing any voter's photograph. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2019.
Left in Appropriations
Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Printed as engrossed 18103159D-E
Reading of amendment waived
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB523E
Committee amendment agreed to
Rereferred to Finance
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103159D
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| Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103159D | HTML |
| Senate: Printed as engrossed 18103159D-E | HTML |
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