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BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 1471: 17 year olds/voter reg info

Collecting voter registration sign up information for persons seventeen years of age during the period one year prior to attaining eighteen years of age including the designation of voter registration locations and voter sign up locations.

Summary

  • Enables persons 17 years of age to sign up to register to vote.
  • Requires county auditors to coordinate Temperance and Good Citizenship Day events.
  • Requires the Secretary of State to provide for storage of pending records.

From the House Bill Analysis 2017 (HB 1471), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 20, 2017
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Steve Bergquist (D-11)
Introduced
January 20, 2017 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2018
Requested by
State agency
Companion bill
SB 5335
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to collecting voter registration sign up information for persons seventeen years of age during the period one year prior to attaining eighteen years of age including the designation of voter registration locations and voter sign up locations;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Steve Bergquist (D-11)

13 co-sponsors (9 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Melanie Stambaugh R-25Eric Pettigrew D-37Larry Haler R-8Ruth Kagi D-32Joe Fitzgibbon D-34Dan Griffey R-35Laurie Jinkins D-27Sherry Appleton D-23Gael Tarleton D-36Dick Muri R-28Gerry Pollet D-46Zack Hudgins D-11Beth Doglio D-22

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1471 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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