Bill checking noncitizens drivers' licenses with voter rolls heads to Gov.
Mar 20, 2025
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A bill requiring quarterly reports of Kansas non-citizens drivers' licenses to be checked is on its way to the Governor's desk.
On Thursday, March 20, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 2020 83-35. This bill, as it's written, would require the director of the Division
of Vehicles (DOV) to submit a monthly report to the Kansas Secretary of State containing the personal information of non-citizens, including the following:
Names.
Addresses.
Phone numbers.
Social security numbers.
Dates of birth.
Alien registration numbers.
Temporary drivers' license numbers and its expiration dates.
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After compiling a list, the Secretary of State (SOS) would compare it to the voter registration rolls, and after an investigation, the county election officer would remove the name of any noncitizens that showed up within five business days.
The county election officer would be in charge of notifying anyone who has been removed from the voter registration rolls. To be reinstated on the voter registration rolls, the person would need to provide proof of citizenship.
One day prior, the Senate passed this bill 32-8. According a letter from House Elections Chair Pat Proctor, R-Leavenworth, during the bill's testimony, the SOS office said it examined data about non-citizens from the Motor Vehicles Division that states as many as 80 non-citizens were on the voters rolls, and possibly 20 or more non-citizens may have voted.
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“Voter confidence that the results of our elections reflect their will, that every vote is counted and that only valid votes are counted, lies at the very heart of our form of government and our way of life," Proctor said. “Even if we don’t find a single non-citizen on our voter rolls, this is a positive result because we will be able, for the first time, to confidently tell Kansas voters that noncitizens aren’t voting in our elections.”
Now, the bill will head its way to Governor Laura Kelly's desk. Once she is presented with the bill, she will have 10 days to make her decision.
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