MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Establishes a notice of voting restriction and a restriction code applicable to persons who are not United States citizens and aliens lawfully present in the United States but have not attained United States citizenship (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
HB 554 creates a notice of voting restriction and a specific restriction code for driver's license holders who are not U.S. citizens but are lawfully present in the United States. It directly affects non-citizen residents with valid driver's licenses who have not yet become U.S. citizens. The bill requires this notice and code to be included on their licenses, clarifying they are restricted from voting. This is a procedural change to driver's license issuance, not a new voting restriction itself. The bill passed committee and is now moving toward final passage.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 4, 2025
Signed Jun 11, 2025
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What changed between versions
HB554 Original
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HB554 Act 292
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3 edits
MINOR
This bill was formally enrolled and approved by the Governor, converting the original draft into final law. The substantive policy content regarding voting restrictions for non-citizens remains unchanged, but the text was reorganized to align with standard legislative formatting and to explicitly include the signatures of the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and the Governor.
Scope change
The scope of the law itself did not change; the bill now includes official signatures and formal enrollment status required for it to become effective law.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated from 'Original' to 'Enrolled' and 'Act No. 292' to reflect its final status.
Signatures and approval blocks for the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor were added to the end of the document.
Minor formatting adjustments were made to the text layout and line numbering to match the enrolled version of the bill.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 9, 2025 · House May 6, 2025
How they voted
26–11
Passed
Total votes 37
Jun 9, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Nay
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Jun 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 8, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 21. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (9-1).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dixon McMakin
RRepublican
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