Voting Access and Process, including Voting Rights Restoration and Voter Suppression
HB342 - Corrections Dept., inmates being released, application for nondriver identification authorized, Sec. 14-10-1 am'd.
Sponsor(s): Representative Rowe
Synopsis and Analysis: Under existing law, the Department of Corrections is required to issue minimum documentation of identification to inmates upon release to allow the released inmate to obtain employment. This bill would require the Department of Corrections to allow an inmate to apply for a non-driver identification card prior to release.
This would be beneficial to individuals upon release of incarceration so that they may not only have statehood but identification to move forward in life. Having an ID means voting can be possible.
League Action and Justification: Support. LWVAL and LWVUS believe in expanding voter access and fighting voter suppression. Making IDs more accessible upon reentry for formerly incarcerated individuals is one step in that direction: giving them their franchise.
Bill Progress in Legislature
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HB342 - Corrections Dept., inmates being released, application for nondriver identification authorized, Sec. 14-10-1 am'd.
Sponsor(s): Representative Rowe
Synopsis and Analysis: Under existing law, the Department of Corrections is required to issue minimum documentation of identification to inmates upon release to allow the released inmate to obtain employment. This bill would require the Department of Corrections to allow an inmate to apply for a non-driver identification card prior to release.
This would be beneficial to individuals upon release of incarceration so that they may not only have statehood but identification to move forward in life. Having an ID means voting can be possible.
League Action and Justification: Support. LWVAL and LWVUS believe in expanding voter access and fighting voter suppression. Making IDs more accessible upon reentry for formerly incarcerated individuals is one step in that direction: giving them their franchise.
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 |
| 02/27/2020 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government | SG |
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