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MD HB1113
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jessica Feldmark
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AI Summary
- Motor Vehicle Administration must implement an enhanced automatic voter registration system by July 1, 2027, specifically for REAL ID transactions
- Applicants presenting citizenship documentation during REAL ID transactions will have voter registration information automatically transmitted to the State Board of Elections within 5 days, unless they presented documents showing non-citizenship
- Unregistered applicants receive a notice and are automatically registered unless they affirmatively decline within 21 days; those who decline are deemed to have never registered or attempted to register
- Participants in address confidentiality programs are exempt from the enhanced automatic voter registration system unless State Board regulations provide otherwise
- The State Board may expand enhanced automatic voter registration to additional state, federal, or local agencies that reliably verify citizenship, including agencies administering naturalization ceremonies, with agency consent
Legislative Description
Election Law - Enhanced Automatic Voter Registration System
Motor Vehicle Administration
Last Action
Hearing 2/24 at 11:00 a.m.
2/7/2025
Committee Referrals
Ways and Means2/5/2025
Full Bill Text
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