Why 4/5: This constitutional amendment would fundamentally change voting rights for formerly incarcerated individuals, requiring a second legislative passage and public referendum.
This constitutional amendment would automatically restore voting rights to individuals with felony convictions upon their release from incarceration, removing the current requirement for gubernatorial action. It also clarifies that individuals adjudicated as lacking the capacity to understand voting would lose their right to vote only during that period of incapacity.
First reading
Read first time
Second reading
Read second time
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Floor offered Senator McDougle, Ryan T. Amendments
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Reading of amendments waived
Amendment rejected
Senator McDougle, Ryan T. Amendments rejected (19-Y 20-N 0-A)
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Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
Third reading
Read third time
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Agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
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Summarized from the official bill text (“Constitutional amendment (second reference); qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled to vote.”) · Read the actual bill →
Cleared committee
Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N)
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Taken up
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Agreed to by House (60-Y 34-N 0-A)
Passed a chamber
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ2ER)
Passed a chamber
Signed by President
Passed a chamber
Signed by Speaker