An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Secretary of State Regarding Automatic Voter Registration”
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 2114
Committee Amendment CA_A_H800 (House)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §232

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “      ” to H.P. 1507, L.D. 2114, Bill, “An Act To 
Implement the Recommendations of the Secretary of State Regarding Automatic Voter 
Registration”
Amend the bill in section 1 by striking out all of subsection 1 (page 1, lines 4 to 10 in 
L.D.) and inserting the following:
'1.  Application for driver's license or nondriver identification card; creation of 
pending voter registration record.  If an individual applies for a driver's license or 
nondriver identification card from the bureau, the bureau shall scan record the 
documentation provided by the individual that provides proof of voter eligibility and, 
unless the individual opts out under section 234, create a pending voter registration record 
for that individual, which must be stored electronically in the bureau's database.  The 
pending voter registration record and the record of the accompanying scanned 
documentation must be in a searchable, auditable format.' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 1-A in the 3rd line (page 1, line 14 in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: "necessary"
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 1-A in the 4th line (page 1, line 15 in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: "individual," and inserting the following: 'individual that 
provides proof of voter eligibility,'
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following:
'Sec. 3.  21-A MRSA §232, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 409, §6 and 
affected by §9, is amended to read:
3.  Electronic transmission of voter registration data.  Unless the individual has 
opted out of automatic voter registration as provided in section 234, if If an individual's 
pending voter registration record establishes voter eligibility, the bureau shall transmit 
electronically the individual's pending voter registration record to the applicable registrar 
of voters in a format that may be reviewed by the registrar and converted and uploaded 
into the central voter registration system.' 
Date: 
(Filing No. H-          )
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “      ” to H.P. 1507, L.D. 2114
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 4 and inserting the following:
'Sec. 4.  Effective date.  Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 21-A, section 232, subsections 1 and 3 and enact Title 21-A, section 232, 
subsection 1-A take effect January 1, 2022.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, resolves a conflict in 
the law by clarifying that, when an individual provides documentation that provides proof 
of voter eligibility in the course of applying for a driver's license or nondriver 
identification card from the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor 
Vehicles, the individual must be given the opportunity to opt out of voter registration 
before the bureau creates an electronic pending voter registration record for the 
individual.
Approved: 03/13/20
LD 2114
LR 3220(02)
No fiscal impact
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Secretary of State Regarding Automatic Voter 
Registration
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Fiscal Note Required: No
Fiscal Note
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