This bill adds a new section to chapter 29A.08 RCW and amends several existing voter registration provisions to create new administrative verification and information-sharing procedures related to proof of U.S. citizenship. County auditors must consult the Department of Licensing (DOL) by July 1, 2025 to determine whether each registered voter has demonstrated proof of citizenship by applying for and receiving an enhanced driver's license or identicard. If a registrant has not demonstrated proof, the auditor must send a notice requiring the voter to appear in person and show specified proof of citizenship, send a second notice 30 days before the 2025 general election, and cancel the registration 14 days before that election if proof is still not shown; registrations must be immediately reinstated upon presentation of the required proof. The new section is set to expire January 1, 2027, and the act is declared to take effect immediately. The bill specifies acceptable documentary proof of citizenship and lists required elements for an acceptable certified U.S. birth certificate (including U.S. place of birth, registrar seal, confirmable control/file number, registrar signature, and filing date), and it explicitly excludes Puerto Rico birth certificates issued before July 1, 2010 and Washington wallet-sized birth registrations from satisfying that birth-certificate requirement. The bill also defines “traditional” and “nontraditional” residential addresses for registration purposes. The amendments to existing law change registration application content and electronic registration procedures. RCW 29A.08.010 and 29A.08.210 are revised to require an affirmation of citizenship and certain identification fields on the single form prescribed by the secretary of state. RCW 29A.08.123 is amended to allow persons with enhanced licenses, state IDs requiring proof of citizenship, certain learner permits, tribal IDs, or a social security number to submit voter registration electronically; the amendment requires verification of U.S. citizenship by DOL, federal, tribal authorities or the applicant, online attestations of truth and citizenship, signature handling rules (use of WA driver’s license/state ID signature or submission of a signature image), and requires the secretary of state to obtain a digital copy of the applicant’s ID signature and to employ additional security measures as needed. The bill also amends RCW 29A.08.350 to require DOL to transmit to the Secretary of State specified records for individuals who requested voter registration or updates at driver's license facilities (including name, address, date of birth, gender info, driver number, signature image, contact data, and confirmation that proof of U.S. citizenship was provided), and to provide copies of citizenship documents to the Secretary of State if requested; the Secretary must process those transmissions as electronic applications. The bill text provided is incomplete in places: some subsection references and the end of a paragraph listing required birth-certificate elements were cut off, and one referenced amendment in the bill header is not present in the extracted material.

If enacted, county auditors will have to check with the Department of Licensing by July 1, 2025 to see which current registrants have already proven U.S. citizenship by getting an enhanced driver’s license or identicard; for those who have not, auditors must send a notice to appear in person, a second notice 30 days before the 2025 general election, and cancel registrations 14 days before that election if the person still hasn’t produced one of the specified documents (U.S. passport, naturalization certificate, consular report of birth abroad, or an original certified U.S. birth certificate meeting detailed elements); registrations must be immediately reinstated when such proof is presented. The law also requires the Department of Licensing to send the Secretary of State data (name, address, DOB, license number, signature image, citizenship confirmation, contact info, etc.) for people who sought to register or update registration at a driver licensing office, and the Secretary of State must process those as electronic applications; the act takes effect immediately and the new section expires January 1, 2027. The most affected parties are county auditors (more workload and notice/cancellation duties), the Department of Licensing (must produce and transmit records and possibly copies of citizenship documents), the Secretary of State (must process electronic applications and handle digital signature copies and security measures), and voters who lack the specified proof (who face possible cancellation ahead of the 2025 election). The exclusions for Puerto Rico birth certificates issued before July 1, 2010 and Washington wallet-sized birth registrations mean some people’s documents will not qualify. Some procedural specifics and referenced subsections are missing from the extracted text, so the exact scope and operational details of who is checked and how documents are shared are unclear.