HB 2401 Summary

• Requires courts to inform individuals convicted of felonies that their voting rights are automatically restored upon discharge from probation or absolute discharge from imprisonment.

• Amends sections 13-905, 13-906, 13-909, and 13-910 to make voting rights restoration automatic rather than discretionary for persons completing probation or receiving absolute discharge.

• Clarifies that automatic restoration applies to state and federal convictions, with voting rights restored upon probation discharge or prison discharge respectively.

• Updates language throughout civil rights restoration statutes to use gender-neutral pronouns and modernized phrasing.

• Maintains existing restrictions on firearm possession rights restoration based on offense severity and time elapsed since discharge.