SB118 Summary

• Allows individuals who have lost voting rights due to state or federal conviction to have rights restored if they have been pardoned, released from incarceration, or completed probation/parole.

• Eliminates the requirement to pay all fines, court costs, and fees in full; instead allows restoration if individual has paid all amounts or has complied with an approved payment plan for at least one year.

• Requires Board of Pardons and Paroles to conduct a review within 14 calendar days and issue a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote if all eligibility requirements are met.

• Establishes a community service program by December 31, 2021 allowing indigent individuals to offset fines, court costs, and fees through community service either with or instead of payment plans.

• Maintains restrictions on voting rights restoration for convictions of impeachment, murder, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, incest, sexual torture, and certain child exploitation and obscenity offenses.