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2020 Regular Session

House Bill 443

Voter enfranchisement; create joint legislative study committee on.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE VOTER ENFRANCHISEMENT JOINT LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF NONVIOLENT OFFENSES ON FRANCHISEMENT; TO STUDY ANY POTENTIAL POLICY OR LAW CHANGES THAT WOULD PROVIDE NONVIOLENT FELONS WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE RESTORED UPON COMPLETING ALL SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS, ANY NEGATIVE SOCIETAL EFFECTS THAT FALL UPON NONVIOLENT FELONS WHO HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF THEIR SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS BUT HAVE NOT HAD THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE RESTORED, AND ANY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY OTHER STATE LEGISLATURES TO RESTORE THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO NONVIOLENT FELONS WHO HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF THEIR SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS; TO REQUIRE A REPORT TO THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Shanda Yates

Its course

February 3 to March 3, 2020, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 3 to Mar 3 · stopped29 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 3 to Mar 3 · stopped29 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 3 – Mar 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published