Bill > HR196

Introduced Session

To secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration. This bill addresses the voting rights of persons convicted of a criminal offense and the restoration of their voting rights. The bill declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless, at the time of the election, such individual is serving a felony sentence. The bill provides for enforcement of, and remedies for violations of, the bill. The bill sets forth requirements for state and federal notification of individuals of the restoration of their voting rights. The bill prohibits federal funding of construction or improvement of a place of incarceration unless U.S. citizens incarcerated in that jurisdiction are notified, upon release, of their voting rights.

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Jerry Nadler (D)*,  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Val Demings (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  John Lewis (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Bill Pascrell (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Cedric Richmond (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Terri Sewell (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  David Trone (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Frederica Wilson (D),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. (on 01/03/2019)

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