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  6. HB250 Alabama 2020 Session
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HB250 Alabama 2020 Session

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Text
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Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Laura Hall
Session
Regular Session 2020
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, 17-3-31 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

Also under existing law, a person who been granted a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote by the Board of Pardons and Paroles can register or reregister as an elector upon submission of a copy of the certificate to the board of registrars of the county of his or her residence

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 Sections 15-22-36.1 and 17-3-31, 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 Date Chamber Action
February 13, 2020 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Bill Text

Download HB250 Alabama 2020 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text HB250 Alabama 2020 Session - Introduced
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