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HB 51: Former Felons' Right to Vote

GENERAL BILL by Smith ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Joyner ; Bendross-Mindingall ; Wilson ; Brutus ; Peterman ; Bullard ; Cusack ; Richardson ; Siplin ; Fields ; Harper ; Jennings ; Holloway ; Meadows ; Lee ; Greenstein ; Gottlieb ; Gannon

Former Felons' Right to Vote; creates "Citizens' Empowerment Act"; provides for automatic restoration of former felons' right to vote following completion & satisfaction of sentence of incarceration & community supervision; provides conditions for such automatic restoration; amends specified provisions to conform. Amends 97.041,.052,.053, 98.0975.

Effective Date: Contingent
Last Action: 5/4/2001 House - Died in Committee on Judicial Oversight (SGC)
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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
12/6/2000	House	• Prefiled
1/12/2001	House	• Referred to Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC); Judicial Oversight (SGC); Procedural & Redistricting Council
3/6/2001	House	• Introduced, referred to Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC); Judicial Oversight (SGC); Procedural & Redistricting Council -HJ 00016
3/12/2001	House	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC), 03/13/01, 10:00 am, 404-H --Temporarily postponed
3/13/2001	House	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC), 03/15/01, 1:30 pm, 404-H --Temporarily deferred
3/19/2001	House	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC), 03/21/01, 10:30 am, 404-H
3/21/2001	House	• Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC); YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 00344
3/22/2001	House	• Now in Judicial Oversight (SGC) -HJ 00344
5/4/2001	House	• Died in Committee on Judicial Oversight (SGC)

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
H 49	Felon's Right to Vote	Harper, Brutus	Linked	Last Action: 5/4/2001 H Died in Committee on Judicial Oversight (SGC)
S 152 (c1)	Felons' Right to Vote	Dawson	Similar	Last Action: 5/4/2001 S Died in Committee on Rules and Calendar
S 404	Former Felons' Right to Vote	Miller	Similar	Last Action: 4/11/2001 S Withdrawn from Ethics and Elections; Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00325; Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 00325
S 406	Felon's Right to Vote	Miller	Compare	Last Action: 4/11/2001 S Withdrawn from Ethics and Elections; Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00325; Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 00325
S 434	Felon's Right to Vote	Dawson	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2001 S Died in Committee on Rules and Calendar
S 1374 (c2)	Elections	Carlton	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2001 S Died on Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1118 (Ch. 2001-40), CS/SB 1872 (Ch. 2001-220)