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HB 269: Citizens' Empowerment Act

GENERAL BILL by Bendross-Mindingall ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Cusack ; Roberson, Y ; Sobel

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 provisions to conform. Amends 97.041.

Effective Date: Contingent
Last Action: 5/6/2005 House - Died in Committee on Ethics & Elections (SAC)
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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/10/2005	House	• Filed
2/1/2005	House	• Referred to Ethics & Elections (SAC); Criminal Justice (JC); Judiciary (JC); Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations (FC); State Administration Council
3/8/2005	House	• Introduced, referred to Ethics & Elections (SAC); Criminal Justice (JC); Judiciary (JC); Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations (FC); State Administration Council -HJ 00031
4/11/2005	House	• On Committee agenda-- Ethics & Elections (SAC), 04/13/05, 5:00 pm, 306-H --Temporarily deferred
5/6/2005	House	• Died in Committee on Ethics & Elections (SAC)

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
H 271	Convicted Felon's Voting Rights	Bendross-Mindingall	Linked	Last Action: 5/6/2005 H Died in Committee on Ethics & Elections (SAC)
H 1363	Felons' Vote/Congress/Term Limits	Roberson	Linked	Last Action: 5/6/2005 H Died in Committee on Ethics & Elections (SAC), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HJR 1177 (Passed)
S 132	Elections/Former Felons' Vote	Dawson	Similar	Last Action: 5/6/2005 S Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections
S 130	Felons' Vote/Congress/Term Limits	Dawson	Compare	Last Action: 5/6/2005 S Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HJR 1177 (Passed)
S 1190 (c1)	Felons' Vote/Congress/Term Limits	Wilson	Compare	Last Action: 5/6/2005 S Died in Committee on Judiciary, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HJR 1177 (Passed)