BILL · 2001–02 SESSION
SB 6519: Felons/voting rights
Specifying when voting rights may be restored for felons.
Summary
- Offenders who complete all of the requirements of their sentences, except for legal financial obligations, are issued a certificate of restoration of the right to vote by either the Department of Corrections (DOC), the Clemency and Pardons Board, or the ISRB. Certificates of restoration are also issued to offenders who completed all of the requirements of their sentences, other than legal financial obligations,…
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 21, 2002
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Adam Kline (D-37)
- Introduced
- January 21, 2002 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 21, 2002
- Companion bill
- HB 2455
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to restoring voting rights to felons upon completion of supervision;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Adam Kline (D-37)
6 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- First reading, referred to Judiciary.
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