PRINTER'S NO. 2627
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2058
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY PIELLI, FREEMAN, PROBST, KHAN, SANCHEZ, DONAHUE,
VENKAT, GUENST, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, BOROWSKI AND
DELLOSO, FEBRUARY 23, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 23, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 25 (Elections) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in voter registration, further providing for
application with driver's license application and for
preparation and distribution of applications.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1323(a)(1) and (b)(1) and (3) of Title 25
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 1323. Application with driver's license application.
(a) General rule.--
(1) The Department of Transportation shall provide for
simultaneous application for voter registration in
conjunction with the process under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1510
(relating to issuance and content of driver's license). An
application under this subsection shall serve as an
application to register to vote unless the applicant declines
to register to vote under this section or fails to sign the
voter registration application. The secretary has the primary
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responsibility for implementing and enforcing the driver's
license voter registration system created under this section.
The secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
Transportation, may promulgate regulations for implementing
this section.
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(b) Process.--
(1) The Department of Transportation shall provide for
an application for voter registration as part of a driver's
license application unless the applicant declines to register
to vote under this section.
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(3) The voter registration application portion of the
application shall contain all the requirements of an official
voter registration application specified in section 1327
(relating to preparation and distribution of applications).
The voter registration portion of the application:
(i) may not require any information that duplicates
information required in the driver's license portion of
the form, other than a second signature; [and]
(ii) may require only the minimum amount of
information necessary to prevent duplicate voter
registration, to enable the commission to assess the
eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter
registration and other parts of the election process[.];
and
(iii) shall inform an applicant that the applicant
shall be registered to vote under this section unless the
applicant declines to register to vote under this
section.
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Section 2. Section 1327(a)(4)(x) of Title 25 is amended and
paragraphs (1) and (4) are amended by adding subparagraphs to
read:
§ 1327. Preparation and distribution of applications.
(a) Form.--
(1) The secretary shall prescribe the form of an
official voter registration application. The official voter
registration application shall provide space for the
following information about the applicant:
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(ix) Email address. An official voter registration
application shall not be rejected due to the applicant's
failure to provide an email address.
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(4) A voter registration application shall be printed on
stock of good quality and shall be of suitable uniform size.
Nothing in this part shall prohibit the design and use of an
electronic voter registration application which includes the
applicant's digitized or electronic signature. The
registration application shall contain the following
information; however, the information may be provided on a
separate form for voter registration made under section 1323
or 1325:
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(v.1) Notice that the commission will notify the
individual by nonforwardable mail, or by email, if the
registrant provides one, of the status of the
registrant's application and that, if the individual was
inadvertently registered to vote after declining to
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register to vote, the department shall correct the error
and notify the commission that the individual shall not
be considered to have become registered to vote.
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(x) Notice that, if an individual does register to
vote, the office at which the individual submits a voter
registration application will remain confidential and
will be used for voter registration purposes only. The
notices required in this subparagraph shall be [in print]
identical to the declaration in subsection (b).
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Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.
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