HB443 Summary

• Allows persons convicted of crimes of moral turpitude who cannot afford to pay fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution to petition the sentencing court to modify the payment amounts.

• Modified payment amounts are accepted in lieu of full payment for eligibility to obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote from the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

• Excludes certain serious crimes from voting rights restoration including murder, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, incest, child exploitation crimes, and treason.

• Requires prosecutors to seek revocation of the voting certificate if a person fails to make modified payments, and limits persons to one petition for payment modification after revocation.

• Mandates the Secretary of State compare registered voters against felons ineligible to vote at least twice yearly and suspend registrations of ineligible voters, with notice sent to last known addresses.