OK SB1042

Felons convicted and sentenced to incarceration or suspended sentence lose voting rights only while under sentence, with automatic restoration upon discharge rather than requiring a waiting period equal to the sentence length

Courts must notify defendants before accepting guilty pleas or imposing sentences that felony conviction results in temporary loss of voting rights during the sentence period

Secretary of the State Election Board must develop education programs for judges, attorneys, election officials, and corrections officials about voting rights loss and restoration requirements

Department of Corrections must transmit monthly lists to the State Election Board identifying persons who became ineligible to vote due to felony conviction and those who became eligible upon discharge

Applies retroactively to all persons eligible to vote under its terms, regardless of when they were convicted or discharged from incarceration