Official Text and Analysis.

Provides for an automatic voter registration (AVR) procedure for Enhanced Drivers' License and Identicard applicants.

Requires the Department of Licensing to notify the Secretary of State's Office, and the county auditor, each time an enhanced driver's license (EDL) is canceled due to incorrect information submitted by the applicant that was transferred to the Secretary of State under the automatic voter registration (AVR) process created in this act.

Provides that the automatic voter registration process for enhanced drivers licenses is triggered when the license is issued or when a person is renewing a license. Prohibits the Department of Licensing from sharing with federal or state agencies data files used to certify voters under the AVR process.

Requires the Secretary of State to investigate and report annually to the legislature, and issue a press release on the number of EDL licensees with canceled licenses that are ineligible to vote, but who became registered through the automatic voter registration process in this act, and cast a vote in an election..

Requires the department of licensing and the health benefit exchange to conduct annual reviews of its applicant information collection processes to identify any offices or staff positions that exhibit higher rates transferring incomplete or incorrect information to the secretary of state through the voter registration processes created in this act. The new section shall take effect July 1, 2019.

Allows county auditors to retain one dollar of the five dollar non-title transaction service fee when collected at county auditor offices in order to implement workloads resulting from an automatic voter registration program.

States the Legislature's intent for the Department of Licensing to request funding from the general fund to implement and maintain an automatic voter registration system.

Floor striker to provide for an automatic voter registration procedure for enhanced driver's license and identicard applicants. ? Requires that the Health Benefit Exchange (HBE) automatically provide voter registration information to the Secretary of State (SOS) for persons who consent to such transfer..

Requires each issuing authority to offer automatic voter registration to applicants for concealed pistol licenses.

(1) Clarifies that a person automatically registered to vote at the Department of Licensing who must respond to a verification notice is not placed on the list of registered voters until the application is complete. (2) Clarifies that the Health Benefit Exchange does not need to implement automatic voter registration. (3) Exempts DSHS from the requirement to offer automatic voter registration where the client has been previously offered the opportunity at any agency designated by the Governor.

(1) Removes presumption that a person who is ineligible to vote but becomes automatically registered to vote or votes after being automatically registered to vote did so without fault if the violation was not knowing. (2) Requires the secretary of state and affected agency to jointly investigate automatic registration of ineligible voters, complete a report, and submit it to the Governor and Legislature.

Restores disclosure of the month and day of a registered voter's birth.

(1) Removes automatic voter registration at the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Military Department, the business professions division of the Department of Licensing (DOL), and social services agencies. (2) Removes automatic transfer of voter registration information from the Health Benefit Exchange to the Secretary of State for clients who opt in. (3) Requires DOL to transmit citizenship information to the Secretary of State for applicants who wish to be registered to vote automatically. (4) Removes requirement for the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Military Department, the business professions division of the Department of Licensing (DOL), and social services agencies to transfer information of past clients to the Secretary of State for automatic voter registration purposes. (5) Restores disclosure of the month and day of a registered voter's birth.

EFFECT: (1) Requires automatic voter registration services to be offered with applications to change the address on an existing enhanced driver's license or identicard. (2) Requires a response to a verification notice within 45 days for an application to be completed. (3) Removes requirement that the Department of Licensing (DOL) determine that applicants meet constitutional voter eligibility requirements. (4) Clarifies that a person automatically registered to vote at DOL who must respond to a verification notice is not placed on the list of registered voters until the application is complete. (5) Removes limitations on use of information verifying identity by the Health Benefit Exchange (HBE). (6) Removes requirement that the HBE complete a study on the feasibility of offering automatic voter registration services. (7) Requires that HBE report on barriers to implementation of electronic voter registration information transfer by December 1, 2018. (8) Requires certain social services agencies to offer automatic voter registration services if directed by the Governor, following a report on possible implementation. (9) Requires the Secretary of State and affected agency to jointly determine the cause of the automatic registration of an ineligible voter, and removes exemptions from disclosure of materials used to make the determination. (10) Allows voters to change addresses of existing registrations automatically at authorized social services agencies. (11) Removes study of automatic voter registration at birth and of recently naturalized citizens. (12) Modifies effective dates. (13) Removes null-and-void clause. (14) Authorizes the Secretary of State to adopt rules to implement automatic voter registration..

Requires each issuing authority to offer automatic voter registration to applicants for concealed pistol licenses.