Voting Access and Process, including Election Reform and Redistricting
HB454 - Voting rights restoration, process of applying for Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote, eliminate requirement to pay fines and fees to regain right to vote, expand persons eligible for restoration of voting rights, Sec. 15-22-36.1 am'd.
Sponsor(s): Laura Hall
Synopsis and Analysis: Under existing law, a person who has lost his or her right to vote based upon a past criminal conviction, may apply to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote (CERV) under certain circumstances, including payment of all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution as ordered by the sentencing court and completion of probation or parole and release from compliance by the court or Board of Pardons and Paroles. This bill would remove the process of applying to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a CERV for a person to have his or her right to vote restored. This bill would eliminate the requirement that a person pay all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution prior to having his or her right to vote restored. This bill would also expand restoration of voting rights to a person who has been released from incarceration for five or more years.
The SPLC and the Campaign Legal Center both support this bill and HB 453.
League Action and Justification: Support. Protect the right of all citizens to vote; encourage all citizens to vote
Bill Progress in Legislature
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HB454 - Voting rights restoration, process of applying for Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote, eliminate requirement to pay fines and fees to regain right to vote, expand persons eligible for restoration of voting rights, Sec. 15-22-36.1 am'd.Sponsor(s): Laura Hall
Synopsis and Analysis: Under existing law, a person who has lost his or her right to vote based upon a past criminal conviction, may apply to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote (CERV) under certain circumstances, including payment of all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution as ordered by the sentencing court and completion of probation or parole and release from compliance by the court or Board of Pardons and Paroles. This bill would remove the process of applying to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a CERV for a person to have his or her right to vote restored. This bill would eliminate the requirement that a person pay all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution prior to having his or her right to vote restored. This bill would also expand restoration of voting rights to a person who has been released from incarceration for five or more years.
The SPLC and the Campaign Legal Center both support this bill and HB 453.
League Action and Justification: Support. Protect the right of all citizens to vote; encourage all citizens to vote
Bill Progress in Legislature
Go here to get more information about the bill and changes in the bill as it progresses through the legislature.
| Calendar Date | Body | Amd/Sub | Matter | Committee | Nay | Yea | Abstain | Vote |
| 04/16/2019 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections | CC&E | | | | |
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