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AL SB121
Bill
Status
3/22/2023
Primary Sponsor
Linda Coleman-Madison
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AI Summary
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Eliminates the Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote application process and makes voting rights restoration automatic for individuals who meet eligibility criteria set by the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
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Allows individuals to have voting rights restored if they have been pardoned or released from incarceration/probation/parole and paid all fines and restitution, with court costs and fees covered through an approved payment plan or community service plan lasting at least one year.
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Establishes a community service program by December 31, 2023, allowing indigent individuals to offset court costs and fees through community service at the federal minimum wage hourly rate.
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Removes impeachment from the list of permanent voting disqualifications, keeping only murder, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, incest, sexual torture, child exploitation offenses, obscene material offenses involving minors, and treason.
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Requires the Board of Pardons and Paroles to notify individuals and county boards of registrars when voting rights are restored, with the board of registrars adding eligible individuals back to voter rolls within 14 calendar days.
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
Indefinitely Postpone
5/31/2023