Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: facilitating voter registration for those who have their voting rights restored. (FE)
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- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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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
Full history
- 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
- Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1