Maintenance of voter lists.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on how many voters will be affected or the effectiveness of using driver’s license information for verification.

Maintaining Voter Lists

This law updates how voter registration information is checked and maintained, including using driver's license data to verify citizenship status.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Secretary of State and Department of Transportation to agree on matching voter registration data with driver’s license records for verification purposes.
• Allows the Secretary of State to use a federal program called SAVE to check if voters are U.S. citizens.
• Requires the Department of Transportation to send monthly lists of people who have noncitizen status when getting or renewing their licenses to the Secretary of State.
• Gives county clerks and the Secretary of State permission to investigate voter moves to other states and notify them about potential cancellation if they move.
• Specifies that a notice must be sent to voters if there is evidence they moved out of state, giving them 20 days to respond.

Who It Names or Affects

• Voters in Wyoming
• The Secretary of State
• County Clerks
• Department of Transportation

Terms To Know

SAVE program

A federal program used to verify if someone is a U.S. citizen.

Noncitizen status

When someone does not have the citizenship of the country they are in, like Wyoming.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only applies to voter registration data and does not cover other aspects of voting.
• It is unclear how many voters will be affected by these changes.
• The effectiveness of using driver’s license information for verification is not discussed in the summary.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 25LSO-0796

Bill No.:

HB0318

Effective:

7/1/2025

LSO No.:

25LSO-0796

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0062

Chapter No.:

152

Prime Sponsor:

Lucas

Catch Title:

Maintenance of voter lists.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Maintenance of voter lists.

Summary/Major Elements:

Existing law requires the Secretary of State and the Department of Transportation to enter into an agreement to match voter registration data with information associated with driver's licenses in order to verify the information provided on applications for voter registration.

This bill specifies that the information associated with driver's licenses be used to determine if there is any evidence of non
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United States citizenship, if any voters listed in the Wyoming voter registration system have subsequently received a driver's license from another state or if there is any other information that indicates that a voter should be ineligible to vote.

The bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide the Secretary of State with a list each month of all persons who have indicated a noncitizen status in obtaining a driver's license or identification card.

The bill authorizes the Secretary of State to utilize the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program to verifying that voters listed in the Wyoming voter registration system are United States citizens.

If there is evidence that a voter moved to another state, the bill authorizes the Secretary of State and the county clerk to use any lawful means to investigate and, based on the investigation, the county clerk is authorized to mail a notice of intent to cancel to the elector's registration.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

25LSO-0796

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0318

ENROLLED ACT NO. 62,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session

AN ACT relating to elections; clarifying the duties of the secretary of state related to verification of voter registration data; specifying when notice of intent to cancel a registration may be provided; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 22
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102(e)(i), by creating a new paragraph (vi) and by creating a new subsection (f) and 22
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116 are amended to read:

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102.

Qualifications; temporary registration.

(e)

The secretary of state is authorized to provide for the verification of certain voter registration data in accordance with the following:

(i)

The secretary of state and the director of the department of transportation shall enter into an agreement to match voter registration data with information maintained by the department regarding driver's licenses, in order to verify the information provided on applications for voter registration
, determine if any alien identification number or other evidence of non
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United States citizenship is kept within corresponding driver's license records, determine if any voters listed in the Wyoming voter registration system have subsequently received a driver's license from another state as indicated by information received from other states, including but not limited to information received from the state
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state verification service operated by the American association of motor vehicle administrators or verify any other information indicating a voter should be ineligible to vote at the request of the secretary of state
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(vi)

The secretary of state may utilize the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program operated by the United States citizenship and immigration services for purposes of verifying that voters listed in the Wyoming voter registration system are United States citizens.

(f)

The department of transportation shall furnish monthly to the secretary of state a complete list of all persons who have indicated a noncitizen status in obtaining any document, or renewal thereof, issued pursuant to W.S. 31
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115 and 31
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102. The secretary of state may transmit the information from the list to appropriate county clerks. Information in these lists shall be kept confidential and available only for official use.

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116.

Notice of intent to cancel registration.

When the county clerk has information that a registration should be cancelled, he shall mail a notice of intent to cancel to the elector at his address on the registry list stating the reason for cancellation.
When the secretary of state or county clerk receives information indicating that there is evidence that an elector may have moved to another state, the secretary of state and the county clerk may use any lawful means to investigate whether the registration should be cancelled, and based on this investigation, the county clerk may mail a notice of intent to cancel to the elector in accordance with this section.
The notice shall state that cancellation shall occur within twenty (20) days unless the elector asks that his name remain on the registry list. A copy of the notice of cancellation shall be retained by the county clerk for three (3) years. A notice is not required if the clerk has received a receipt of notification that the elector has registered to vote in another jurisdiction or if the elector requested cancellation in writing.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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