PRINTER'S NO. 585
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
623
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, SANCHEZ, BIZZARRO, BURGOS, D. WILLIAMS,
ISAACSON, CIRESI, T. DAVIS, FREEMAN, SCHLOSSBERG,
PISCIOTTANO, LONGIETTI, SCHWEYER, HILL-EVANS, DELLOSO,
MALAGARI, WARREN, BRIGGS, O'MARA, MATZIE, McCLINTON,
INNAMORATO AND SAINATO, FEBRUARY 24, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2021
AN ACT
Establishing the Future Voters Program; providing for prevoter
registration of eligible high school students; and imposing
powers and duties on the Secretary of Education, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth and each county commission.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Future Voters
Act.
Section 2. Legislative finding and declaration.
(a) Finding.--The General Assembly is committed to promoting
and fostering civic participation and granting equal access to
voter registration for all voters. The General Assembly
recognizes the importance of promoting and fostering lifelong
civic participation and finds that:
(1) Many emerging adults are denied access to the most
popular form of voter registration, motor voter. If an
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