Bill > HB115

This bill requires the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (the "Department," which oversees state correctional facilities) to work together by January 1, 2028, to create a system for automatically restoring voter registration for individuals released from state correctional facilities. The Department will now send a monthly electronic list to the State Board of Elections containing the names, dates of birth, partial Social Security or identification numbers, release dates, and new residential addresses of individuals leaving incarceration. Upon receiving this list, the State Board will identify individuals who were previously registered to vote and whose new address is within the state, and then promptly restore their voter registration, giving them active voter status. These individuals will receive a notification card confirming their registration and eligibility to vote, along with instructions on how to update their address or decline registration. Importantly, the specific state agency through which a formerly incarcerated individual registers to vote will not be publicly disclosed.