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HB282 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
HB282 Alabama 2017 Session
House Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2017
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Mike Jones
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2017
Title
Voter registration, convicted felons, moral turpitude defined for purposes of crimes which disqualify persons from voting, Felony Voter Disqualification Act, Sec. 17-3-30.1 added; Secs. 17-4-3, 17-4-4 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, a person who commits a felony involving moral turpitude loses his or her right to vote.

This bill would create the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act to establish a comprehensive list of felonies that involve moral turpitude.

This bill would also provide procedures for the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Secretary of State to follow to purge certain disqualified voters from voter registration lists.

Subjects
Moral Turpitude

Bill Actions

H

Delivered to Governor at 9:35 a.m. on May 18, 2017.

H

Assigned Act No. 2017-378.

H

Clerk of the House Certification

S

Signature Requested

H

Enrolled

H

Passed Second House

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1254

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

H

Engrossed

H

Knight Dissent filed

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 191

H

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 190

H

Jones Amendment Offered

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

March 9, 2017 House Passed
Yes 102
Absent 1

Motion to Adopt

March 9, 2017 House Passed
Yes 97
Abstained 1
Absent 5

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature