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AL HB96
Bill
Status
3/7/2023
Primary Sponsor
Laura Hall
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AI Summary
HB96 Summary
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Eliminates the application requirement and Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote; the Board of Pardons and Paroles shall automatically determine voting rights restoration for individuals convicted in state or federal court who have been pardoned or released from incarceration, probation, or parole.
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Allows indigent individuals to have voting rights restored if they have paid all fines and restitution and are in compliance with either an approved payment plan for court costs and fees or an approved community service plan.
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Removes impeachment from the list of permanently disqualifying felonies; murder, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, incest, and certain obscenity offenses remain disqualifying for voting rights restoration.
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Requires the Board of Pardons and Paroles to establish a community service program by December 31, 2023, allowing individuals to earn credit toward court costs and fees at the federal minimum wage rate.
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Mandates notification to individuals when voting rights are restored and requires the Board of Pardons and Paroles to provide restored voters' addresses to the Secretary of State and local registrars for voter roll registration.
Legislative Description
Relating to voting rights; to amend Sections 15-22-36.1, 17-3-31, and 17-4-3, Code of Alabama 1975; to eliminate the application requirement and the Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote; to require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to determine whether an individual may have his or her right to vote restored if the individual has lost his or her right to vote by reason of conviction in a state or federal court and has been pardoned or released from incarceration or period of probation or parole; to allow an indigent individual to have his or her right to vote restored if he or she has paid all fines and restitution and is in compliance with an approved payment plan for the payment of court costs and fees or an approved community service plan to offset the payment of court costs and fees; to remove impeachment from the list of offenses that prohibit an individual from having his or her right to vote restored to make consistent with existing law; and to add Section 17-3-31.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require notification to the individual that his or her right to vote has been restored.
Last Action
Introduced and Referred to House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
3/7/2023