SB221 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Hank Sanders
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Pardons and Paroles Board, restoration of voting rights, application for Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote, requirements to include payment of all fines, costs, fees, and victim restitution for any disenfranchising convictions, Sec. 15-22-36.1 am'd.
Description: Under current law, individuals convicted of felonies involving moral turpitude may only regain the right to vote after they complete several requirements, including paying all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution. The Attorney General has interpreted this to require the payment of all court ordered payments related to any convictions of the individuals including convictions that did not cause disenfranchisement, such as felonies that do not involve moral turpitude and misdemeanors.
This bill would specify that only those fines, costs, fees, and victim restitution associated with convictions resulting in disenfranchisement are to be considered when determining whether the person is eligible to regain the right to vote.
Subjects: Crimes and Offenses

Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections