Legislation

Title: Election Law - Correctional Facilities - Voter Registration and Voting
Sponsored by: Senators West, McCray, Benson, Carter, Ellis, Hester, Kagan, Lam, Lee, Patterson, Smith, Sydnor, Waldstreicher, Washington, Young, and Zucker
Status: In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide each individual who is released from a correctional facility with a voter registration application and documentation informing the individual that the individual's voting rights have been restored; requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt certain regulations establishing a program to inform eligible voters incarcerated in correctional facilities of upcoming elections and how to exercise the right to vote; etc.

Committees

Original:: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Click to view Recorded Media; Judicial Proceedings

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Details

Cross-filed with: HB0568

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): June 1, 2020

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/24/2020 Legislative Date 1/24/2020 Action First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Election Law - Correctional Facilities - Voter Registration and Voting Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/05/2020 Legislative Date 2/05/2020 Action Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs) Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
Senate	1/24/2020	1/24/2020	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
			Text - First - Election Law - Correctional Facilities - Voter Registration and Voting
Senate	2/05/2020	2/05/2020	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)

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