Florida Senate - 2021 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 90
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Brandes moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 350 - 360
4 and insert:
5 Section 4. Effective July 1, 2022, present subsections (4)
6 through (12) of section 97.057, Florida Statutes, are
7 redesignated as subsections (5) through (13), respectively, a
8 new subsection (4) and subsection (14) are added to that
9 section, and subsections (1) and (2) of that section are
10 amended, to read:
11 97.057 Voter registration by the Department of Highway
12 Safety and Motor Vehicles.—
13 (1) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
14 shall provide the opportunity to register to vote or to update a
15 voter registration record to each individual who is not
16 registered to vote in this state who comes to an office of that
17 department to:
18 (a) Apply for or renew a driver license;
19 (b) Apply for or renew an identification card pursuant to
20 chapter 322; or
21 (c) Change an address on an existing driver license or
22 identification card.
23 (2) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
24 shall:
25 (a) Notify each individual subject to subsection (1),
26 orally or in writing, that:
27 1. Information gathered for the completion of a driver
28 license or identification card application, renewal, or change
29 of address can be automatically transferred to a voter
30 registration application;
31 2. If additional information and a signature are provided,
32 the voter registration application will be completed and sent to
33 the proper election authority;
34 3. Information provided can also be used to update a voter
35 registration record;
36 4. All declinations will remain confidential and may be
37 used only for voter registration purposes; and
38 4.5. The particular driver license office in which the
39 person applies to register to vote or updates a voter
40 registration record will remain confidential and may be used
41 only for voter registration purposes.
42 (b) Require a driver license examiner to inquire orally or,
43 if the applicant is hearing impaired, inquire in writing whether
44 the applicant wishes to register to vote or update a voter
45 registration record during the completion of a driver license or
46 identification card application, renewal, or change of address.
47 1. If the applicant chooses to register to vote or to
48 update a voter registration record:
49 a. All applicable information received by the Department of
50 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in the course of filling out
51 the forms necessary under subsection (1) must be transferred to
52 a voter registration application.
53 b. The additional necessary information must be obtained by
54 the driver license examiner and must not duplicate any
55 information already obtained while completing the forms required
56 under subsection (1).
57 c. A voter registration application with all of the
58 applicant’s voter registration information required to establish
59 the applicant’s eligibility pursuant to s. 97.041 must be
60 presented to the applicant to review and verify the voter
61 registration information received and provide an electronic
62 signature affirming the accuracy of the information provided.
63 2. If the applicant declines to register to vote, update
64 the applicant’s voter registration record, or change the
65 applicant’s address by either orally declining or by failing to
66 sign the voter registration application, the Department of
67 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles must note such declination on
68 its records and shall forward the declination to the statewide
69 voter registration system.
70 (4) If a registered or preregistered voter submits a change
71 of address to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
72 Vehicles, or supplies an address of legal residence as part of a
73 driver license or identification card application or renewal
74 which differs from the address in the person’s voter
75 registration record, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
76 Vehicles must electronically transmit within 24 hours after
77 receipt the information necessary to update the person’s voter
78 registration record to the statewide voter registration system.
79 The person’s voter registration shall be updated in accordance
80 with s. 98.065(4)(a).
81 (14) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
82 and the Department of State shall prescribe a method by which a
83 driver license office, upon obtaining a person’s full name, date
84 of birth, driver license or state identification number, address
85 of legal residence, and mailing address if different from the
86 address of legal residence, may immediately use the information
87 in the statewide voter registration system to determine whether
88 the person is registered or preregistered to vote in this state
89 and, if so, whether the person is registered or preregistered at
90 the address of legal residence the person provided to the
91 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
92 Section 5. Effective July 1, 2022, paragraph (b) of
93 subsection (4) of section 98.045, Florida Statutes, is amended
94 to read:
95 98.045 Administration of voter registration.—
96 (4) STATEWIDE ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF VALID RESIDENTIAL
97 STREET ADDRESSES.—
98 (b) The department shall make the statewide database of
99 valid street addresses available to the Department of Highway
100 Safety and Motor Vehicles as provided in s. 97.057(11) s.
101 97.057(10). The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
102 shall use the database for purposes of validating the legal
103 residential addresses provided in voter registration
104 applications received by the Department of Highway Safety and
105 Motor Vehicles.
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107 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
108 And the title is amended as follows:
109 Delete lines 15 - 19
110 and insert:
111 F.S.; revising procedures governing voter registration
112 by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
113 Vehicles; modifying procedures for updates to voter
114 registration records; providing for the electronic
115 transmittal of change of address information in
116 accordance with specified requirements; requiring the
117 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and
118 the Department of State to prescribe a method to
119 verify the registration or preregistration status of
120 certain individuals; amending s. 98.045, F.S.;
121 conforming a cross-reference; amending s.