Amends TCA Title 2.

This bill requires the department of safety and each county election commission, in addition to any other voter registration procedure provided for by law, to register voters as follows:<br /> <br /> (1) The department of safety must obtain, as part of any application for the issuance or renewal of a driver license, the issuance of a driver's permit, or the issuance of a photo identification license to a person that is at least 16 years of age but not more than 18 years old, the information required to register a voter in this state. An application must include:<br /> <br /> (A) A box to permit the applicant to indicate the applicant's desire to register to vote upon turning 18 years old;<br /> (B) A statement specifying each eligibility requirement for voting in this state; and<br /> (C) An attestation to permit the applicant, under penalty of perjury, and by the applicant's signature, to indicate whether the applicant meets the eligibility requirements for voting in this state, other than the requirement that the applicant is 18 years old;<br /> <br /> (2) The department of safety must provide to the appropriate county election commission a copy of the application of each applicant who checks the box in (1)(A) and signs the attestation in (1)(C). Applications provided by the department of safety may be submitted to a county election commission electronically;<br /> (3) Upon receipt of an application, the administrator of elections for the county election commission must, when an applicant turns 18 years old, register the applicant to vote;<br /> (4) The application of an applicant who is registered to vote must be processed as <br /> an in-person voter registration;<br /> (5) A county election commission will be prohibited from using any information of <br /> an applicant for any purpose other than for an official purpose of the commission;<br /> (6) For any applicant who checked the box on an application under (1)(A), the department of safety must provide any change of residential address form with respect to a driver's permit, driver license, or photo identification license to the appropriate county election commission in the manner set forth under (2). The provision of the form to a county election commission serves as notification of a change in residential address for purposes of future voter registration;<br /> (7) The motor vehicle learner's permit, driver license, or photo identification license application and change of residential address forms used in this state will be subject to approval by the secretary of state for purposes of voter registration under this bill; and<br /> (8) The department of safety must transmit an application or change of residential address form to the appropriate county election commission as soon as practicable upon receipt.<br /> <br />