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WV HB2832

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kayla Young

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends West Virginia voter eligibility law to allow persons convicted of felonies, treason, or bribery in an election to register to vote upon completion of incarceration, rather than after completing their full sentence including probation and parole

  • Persons on probation or parole would be eligible to register to vote once their incarceration period ends, without waiting for completion of supervised release

  • Voting eligibility is also restored upon court order vacating or overturning convictions, or upon receiving a gubernatorial pardon

  • Requires the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide written notification to individuals upon release that they are eligible to register to vote, along with a voter registration form

  • Maintains existing disqualification for persons declared mentally incompetent by a court, and clarifies that restored eligibility does not override voter registration deadlines

Legislative Description

Remove felonies from reason to disqualify from voting

Elections

Last Action

To House Judiciary

2/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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