SB118 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Apr 18, 2021

Senate Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2021

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison Senator
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Voting rights restoration, application requirement eliminated, Board of Pardons and Paroles to determine eligibility to receive Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote, eliminate requirement to pay all fines, court costs and fees, Secs. 15-22-36.1, 17-3-31 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, an individual 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 eliminate the application requirement and require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to determine whether an individual may receive a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote if the individual has lost his or her right to vote by reason of conviction in a state or federal court and has been pardoned or released from incarceration or period of probation or parole.
This bill would also eliminate the requirement that an individual pay all fines, court costs, and fees prior to having his or her right to vote restored.
Subjects: Voters and Voting