HB568 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Laura HallRepresentative

Democrat

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Restoration of Voting Rights; notification to convicted individuals seeking restoration; Pardons and Paroles Board required to notify individuals and Secretary of State when voting rights restored

Summary

HB568 creates a formal process to restore voting rights after conviction and requires agencies to publish restoration information and re-register eligible voters.

What This Bill Does

The bill requires the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Secretary of State to jointly develop and publish a form and instructions for applying for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote by deadlines, for individuals who met restoration criteria before October 1, 2025. It also requires the Board to post the names of restored voters and to share their addresses and restoration dates with the Secretary of State, who in turn notifies the individual and the county registrar. Finally, county registrars must add restored individuals to the poll list and notify them of when they can vote, with an exception for those who had rights restored but never registered before losing them.

Who It Affects

• Individuals who lost voting rights due to a conviction and may have them restored, who will be identified, informed, and potentially re-registered.
• Election administration entities (Board of Pardons and Paroles, Secretary of State, and county boards of registrars) who will implement the posting, notification, and re-registration processes.

Key Provisions

• Adds Section 17-3-31.1 to require the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Secretary of State to jointly develop and publish a form and instructions for applying for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote by September 1, 2026 for those who met restoration criteria before October 1, 2025.
• Requires the Board of Pardons and Paroles to post the names of individuals whose voting rights have been restored, provide to the Secretary of State the individuals' addresses and restoration dates, and requires county boards of registrars to re-register these individuals and add them to the poll list, notifying them of the date they are eligible to vote (excluding those who never registered).

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Elections, Voting, & Campaigns