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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 1166

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Relating to: facilitating voter registration for those who have their voting rights restored. (FE)

Corrections department of Elections — Registration Elections commission Electricity House of correction Jail

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Corrections or a jailer of a county jail or

house of correction is required to provide written notification to a person convicted

of a felony when the person's right to vote is restored. Under this bill, DOC or the

jailer must at the same time provide to the person all of the following:

1. A voter registration form and information concerning eligibility to vote.

2. Instructions for completing the voter registration form.

3. Unless the person declines in writing, assistance completing the voter

registration form.

4. A written explanation of how to register to vote in person, by mail, and by

electronic means.

5. Information concerning the current election cycle, including the dates of

upcoming elections and which offices are on the ballots.

Also, under current law, DOC is required to transmit to the Elections

Commission, on a continuous basis, a list containing the name of each living person

who has been convicted of a felony and whose civil rights have not been restored. This

bill requires that DOC additionally transmit to the Elections Commission, on a

continuous basis, a list containing the name of each living person who has been

convicted of a felony and whose civil rights have been restored, together with his or

her residential address.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Drake (D) , Haywood (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

4 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Johnson (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roys (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Haywood, Sinicki, Hebl, Ohnstad, Andraca, Spreitzer, Hesselbein, Drake, Subeck, Pope, Bowen, Brostoff, Stubbs and Shelton; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Ringhand, Roys and Agard

  2. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1