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Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration; certain adjudications. Provides that any person who loses his political rights as a result of a felony conviction shall be invested with those rights upon his release from incarceration and shall be entitled to register to vote. The bill directs the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to transmit to the Department of Elections certain information for incarcerated persons with a pending date of release and requires the Department of Elections to process the information and make the necessary changes to the voter registration system to permit such persons to register to vote by the date of the person's scheduled date of release. On the date of an incarcerated person's release, the appropriate authority is required by the bill to provide a voter registration application, information on returning the form by mail or completing it by electronic means, and an official release document to serve as a safety net for voter registration. The bill also amends the language regarding adjudications of mental incompetency for purposes of being qualified to vote; a person adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote until that capacity has been reestablished. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027, contingent upon the approval of the constitutional amendments at the November 3, 2026, general election. This bill is identical to SB 162.

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Marcia Price (D)*,  Bonita Anthony (D),  Alex Askew (D),  Katrina Callsen (D),  Betsy Carr (D),  Laura Jane Cohen (D),  Kelly Convirs-Fowler (D),  Rae Cousins (D),  Karrie Delaney (D),  Michael Feggans (D),  Debra Gardner (D),  Elizabeth Guzmán (D),  C.E. Hayes (D),  Dan Helmer (D),  J.R. Henson (D),  Phil Hernandez (D),  Charniele Herring (D),  Patrick Hope (D),  Karen Keys-Gamarra (D),  Paul Krizek (D),  Destiny LeVere Bolling (D),  Alfonso Lopez (D),  Fernando Martinez (D),  Garrett McGuire (D),  Delores McQuinn (D),  Atoosa Reaser (D),  David Reid (D),  Holly Seibold (D),  Briana Sewell (D),  Marcus Simon (D),  Shelly Simonds (D),  Richard Sullivan (D),  Luke Torian (D),  Kathy Tran (D),  Jeion Ward (D),  Vivian Watts (D), 

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1081) (on 04/22/2026)

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