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Voting Rights - 2010 General Assembly Print E-mail
Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 2:17 pm

SUPPORT(HB 70)

FINAL: Bill passed House with 83 Yes votes, but was denied a hearing in Senator Damon Thayer's Committee State and Local Government. 

VotingRights

Propose aConstitutional Amendment to restore voting rights to all former felonsimmediately after completion of sentence, excluding individuals convicted ofcertain crimes.

 

History in 2009 Session:

Passedout of the House with 80 votes! Sent to the Senate but didn’t receive a hearing.

Previous Sponsors - J. Crenshaw, D. Owens, S. Baugh, T.Burch, L. Clark, M. Dedman Jr., T. Edmonds, J. Glenn, D. Graham, C. Hoffman, D.Horlander,, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian, T. Mckee, K. Meeks, L. Napier, F. Nesler,J. Richards, T. Riner, A. Simpson, K. Stein, G. Stumbo, J. Wayne, R. Weston, S.Westrom, R. Wilkey

 

Current Status:

Prefiled bythe Sponsor(s). Jan 5-introduced in House; to Elections, Const. Amendments& Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

CurrentSponsors - J. Crenshaw, E. Ballard, J. Glenn, D. Graham, M. Marzian, R. Meeks, A. Simpson, S. Westrom