HB 2708 Summary

• Requires courts to inform felony convicts at sentencing that their voting rights are automatically restored upon discharge from probation or imprisonment.

• Automatically restores voting rights to first-time felony offenders upon final discharge, without requiring an application or victim restitution payment.

• Automatically restores voting rights to repeat felony offenders upon final discharge, separate from other civil rights which require court discretion.

• Defines "final discharge" as completion of probation or absolute discharge from the state department of corrections or federal bureau of prisons.

• Establishes automatic voting rights restoration for federal felony convicts upon discharge from probation or federal imprisonment.