Bill > SB241

This bill mandates that by January 1, 2028, the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (the state agency responsible for prisons and parole) must collaborate to create and implement a system for automatically restoring voter registration for individuals released from state correctional facilities, which are prisons operated by the state. This system will involve the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services electronically sending a monthly list to the State Board of Elections containing specific information about each individual released from incarceration, including their name, date of birth, the last four digits of their Social Security number or other identifier, their release date, and their new residential address. Upon receiving this list, the State Board of Elections will identify individuals who were previously registered to vote and whose new address is within the state, and then promptly restore their voter registration, granting them active voter status. These individuals will receive a voter notification card with information about their restored voting rights and instructions on how to update their address or decline registration, and the specific agency through which they registered will not be publicly disclosed.