Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 944
       
       
        
       By Senator Thompson
       
       
       
       
       
       15-01646-24                                            2024944__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to an online voter registration
    3         database study; requiring the Office of Program Policy
    4         Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to
    5         perform a study to determine the most effective means
    6         of creating an online voter registration database with
    7         certain capabilities; requiring OPPAGA to submit a
    8         report to the Governor and the Legislature by a
    9         specified date; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
   14  Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall conduct a study to
   15  determine the most effective means of creating an online voter
   16  registration database that would allow a person who has been
   17  disqualified from voting based on a felony conviction to verify
   18  his or her voter registration status and determine whether he or
   19  she has any remaining obligations that must be satisfied before
   20  his or her voting rights are restored. OPPAGA shall submit the
   21  results of the study to the Governor, the President of the
   22  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later
   23  than December 1, 2024.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.