HB 479 — An Act amending Title 25 (Elections) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in voter registration, further providing for methods of voter registration, providing for same-day voter registration and further providing for preparation and distribution of applications.

PRINTER'S NO.   462

                       THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 479
                                                    Session of
                                                      2025

     INTRODUCED BY BIZZARRO, FREEMAN, FRANKEL, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL,
        VENKAT, OTTEN, KHAN, SANCHEZ, MAYES, PARKER, HANBIDGE,
        CERRATO, SCHLOSSBERG, HADDOCK, DONAHUE, MALAGARI,
        D. WILLIAMS, WAXMAN, DEASY, O'MARA AND GREEN,
        FEBRUARY 4, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 4, 2025


                                       AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 25 (Elections) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in voter registration, further providing for
 3      methods of voter registration, providing for same-day voter
 4      registration and further providing for preparation and
 5      distribution of applications.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.       Section 1321 of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania
 9   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
10   § 1321.    Methods of voter registration.
11      An individual qualified to register to vote under section
12   1301(a) (relating to qualifications to register) may apply to
13   register as follows:
14             * * *
15             (5)    Under section 1325.1 (relating to same-day voter
16      registration).
17      Section 2.       Title 25 is amended by adding a section to read:
18   § 1325.1.       Same-day voter registration.
 1      (a)   Right of qualified elector.--A qualified elector may
 2   register on election day by appearing in person at the polling
 3   place for the election district in which the qualified elector
 4   maintains residence, completing and submitting a same-day voter
 5   registration application to the judge of elections and providing
 6   proof of identification and residence.
 7      (b)   Acceptable forms of identification.--In addition to
 8   providing a completed same-day voter registration application,
 9   an applicant must provide a valid form of identification, which
10   includes the following government-issued forms of
11   identification:
12            (1)   A valid driver's license or identification card
13      issued by the Department of Transportation.
14            (2)   A valid identification card issued by another agency
15      of the Commonwealth.
16            (3)   A valid identification card issued by the United
17      States Government.
18            (4)   A valid United States passport.
19            (5)   A valid United States Armed Forces identification
20      card.
21      (c)   Procedures for same-day registration.--
22            (1)   Upon certifying the eligibility of the qualified
23      elector, the judge of elections at the polling place under
24      subsection (a) shall issue a provisional ballot provided by
25      the county election board, which shall be completed by the
26      qualified elector and sealed in an envelope with the same-day
27      voter registration application. The materials shall be sent
28      to the department immediately.
29            (2)   Within 10 days of an election, the department shall
30      approve or deny a same-day voter registration application.

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 1             (3)   The provisional ballot may not be counted until the
 2      department has approved the voter registration application.
 3             (4)   The qualified elector shall be notified in writing
 4      by the department as to the approval or denial of a voter
 5      registration application.
 6      Section 3.     Section 1327(c) of Title 25 is amended by adding
 7   a paragraph to read:
 8   § 1327.    Preparation and distribution of applications.
 9      * * *
10      (c)    Distribution.--
11             * * *
12             (7)   The secretary shall distribute to all polling places
13      throughout this Commonwealth same-day voter registration
14      applications and instructions to inform electors of the same-
15      day voter registration application process and the process
16      for counting an applicant's vote and verifying eligibility.
17      * * *
18      Section 4.     This act shall take effect immediately.




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