Florida Senate - 2024 SB 944



By Senator Thompson





15-01646-24 2024944__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to an online voter registration
3 database study; requiring the Office of Program Policy
4 Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to
5 perform a study to determine the most effective means
6 of creating an online voter registration database with
7 certain capabilities; requiring OPPAGA to submit a
8 report to the Governor and the Legislature by a
9 specified date; providing an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
14 Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall conduct a study to
15 determine the most effective means of creating an online voter
16 registration database that would allow a person who has been
17 disqualified from voting based on a felony conviction to verify
18 his or her voter registration status and determine whether he or
19 she has any remaining obligations that must be satisfied before
20 his or her voting rights are restored. OPPAGA shall submit the
21 results of the study to the Governor, the President of the
22 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later
23 than December 1, 2024.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.