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SENATE
FILE
2203
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3045)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
February
25,
2026
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
verification
of
United
States
1
citizenship
of
persons
registering
to
vote
and
registered
2
voters.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
48A.25B
Verification
of
1
citizenship.
2
1.
a.
The
state
registrar
of
voters
shall
attempt
to
verify
3
all
registered
voters’
United
States
citizenship
using
the
4
systematic
alien
verification
for
entitlements
system
of
the
5
United
States
citizenship
and
immigration
services,
or
its
6
successor
agency.
The
state
registrar
of
voters
shall
provide
7
notice
to
each
county
commissioner
of
registration
of
the
8
results
of
the
citizenship
verification
for
each
registrant
in
9
the
county
commissioner’s
county.
10
b.
Upon
receipt
of
a
notification
that
a
registrant
has
not
11
been
verified
as
a
United
States
citizen,
a
county
commissioner
12
of
registration
shall
designate
the
records
of
the
registrant
13
as
unconfirmed
as
provided
in
section
48A.37,
subsection
2.
14
2.
A
county
commissioner
of
registration
shall
send
notice
15
to
a
registrant
whose
record
has
been
designated
as
unconfirmed
16
pursuant
to
subsection
1
that
includes
all
of
the
following:
17
a.
An
opportunity
for
the
registrant
to
cancel
the
18
registrant’s
voter
registration.
19
b.
Instructions
on
how
the
registrant
can
provide
proof
of
20
citizenship
to
the
county
commissioner
of
registration.
21
c.
Information
on
how
to
contact
the
United
States
22
citizenship
and
immigration
services,
or
its
successor
23
agency,
to
correct
information
that
the
registrant
believes
is
24
inaccurate.
25
3.
A
registration
that
has
been
designated
as
unconfirmed
26
pursuant
to
subsection
1
shall
be
canceled
pursuant
to
section
27
48A.30
if
the
registrant
does
not
provide
proof
of
citizenship
28
within
ninety
days
of
receiving
a
notice
sent
pursuant
to
29
subsection
2.
30
4.
The
state
registrar
of
voters
shall,
on
a
monthly
basis,
31
verify
the
United
States
citizenship
of
all
newly
registered
32
voters
as
provided
in
subsection
1
and
shall,
on
an
annual
33
basis,
verify
the
United
States
citizenship
of
all
registered
34
voters
as
provided
in
subsection
1.
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5.
The
state
registrar
of
voters
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
1
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
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