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  6. HB454 Alabama 2019 Session

HB454 Alabama 2019 Session

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Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Laura Hall
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Voting rights restoration, process of applying for Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote, eliminate requirement to pay fines and fees to regain right to vote, expand persons eligible for restoration of voting rights, Sec. 15-22-36.1 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, a person who has lost his or her right to vote based upon a past criminal conviction, may apply to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote under certain circumstances, including payment of all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution as ordered by the sentencing court and completion of probation or parole and release from compliance by the court or Board of Pardons and Paroles

This bill would remove the process of applying to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote for a person to have his or her right to vote restored

This bill would eliminate the requirement that a person pay all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution prior to having his or her right to vote restored

This bill would also expand restoration of voting rights to a person who has been released from incarceration for five or more years

Relating to voting rights; to amend Section 15-22-36.1, Code of Alabama 1975; to remove the process of applying to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote for a person to have his or her right to vote restored; to eliminate the requirement that a person pay all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution prior to having his or her right to vote restored; and to expand restoration of voting rights to a person who has been released from incarceration for five or more years.

Subjects
Voters and Voting

Bill Actions

Action DateChamberAction
April 16, 2019HRead for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Bill Text

Download HB454 Alabama 2019 Session PDF

Bill Documents

TypeLink
Bill Text HB454 Alabama 2019 Session - Introduced
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