First Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 15-0748.01 Bob Lackner x4350    HOUSE BILL 15-1140
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Coram, 
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Sonnenberg and Baumgardner, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning a requirement that voters registering to vote
            under procedures allowing an elector to register
            immediately prior to or on election day provide a form
            of identification that includes a photograph of the
            voter.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            In connection with current procedures permitting an elector to
       register to vote on or immediately prior to election day, the bill requires
       that the elector provide one of several enumerated forms of photo
       identification.
            If passed, the bill will be submitted to a vote of the registered
       electors of the state of Colorado at the next biennial regular general
       election for their approval or rejection under the referendum powers of
       the state constitution.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-2-217.7, add (4)
       (a.5) as follows:
            1-2-217.7.  Registration on or immediately prior to election day
       - locations - photo identification - rules - legislative declaration.
       (4)  Registration at voter service and polling centers. (a.5)  An
       elector may register and vote prior to an election or on
       election day as permitted by this section if the elector, in
       addition to satisfying all other applicable requirements of this
       section, provides one of the following forms of identification:
            (I)  A valid Colorado driver's license;
            (II)  A valid identification card issued by the department
       of revenue in accordance with the requirements of part 3 of
       article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.;
            (III)  A valid United States passport;
            (IV)  A valid employee identification card with a
       photograph of the eligible elector issued by any branch,
       department, agency, or entity of the United States government
       or of this state, or by any county, municipality, board,
       authority, or other political subdivision of this state;
            (V)  A valid pilot's license issued by the federal aviation
       administration or other authorized agency of the United States;
            (VI)  A valid United States military identification card
       with a photograph of the eligible elector;
            (VII)  A valid student identification card with a
       photograph of the eligible elector issued by an institution of
       higher education in Colorado, as defined in section 23-3.1-102 (5),
       C.R.S.; or
            (VIII)  A valid veteran health identification card issued by
       the veterans health administration in the United States
       department of veterans affairs with a photograph of the eligible
       elector.
            SECTION 2.  Applicability. This act applies to any election
       conducted on or after the effective date of this act.
            SECTION 3.  Refer to people under referendum. At the
       election held on November 3, 2016, the secretary of state shall submit this
       act by its ballot title to the registered electors of the state for their
       approval or rejection. Each elector voting at the election may cast a vote
       either "Yes/For" or "No/Against" on the following ballot title: "Shall
       voters registering to vote under procedures allowing an elector to register
       immediately prior to or on election day provide a form of identification
       that includes a photograph of the voter?" Except as otherwise provided
       in section 1-40-123, Colorado Revised Statutes, if a majority of the
       electors voting on the ballot title vote "Yes/For", then the act will become
       part of the Colorado Revised Statutes.