CS/HB 7089: Voting Rights Restoration
GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Grant, J. ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Leek ; Roth
Voting Rights Restoration; Requires uniform statewide voter registration application to be designed to elicit specified information from applicant so certain felons are not required to reveal certain information; provides for termination of voting disabilities arising from certain felony convictions; requires DOS to identify registered voters & take specified actions; prohibits person from being charged or convicted for certain violations; provides that voting disqualification arising from certain felony convictions shall terminate upon completion of all terms of sentence.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162)
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162)
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Rules (RC)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/20/2019 | House |
• Filed • Introduced -HJ 457 |
| 3/21/2019 | House |
• Referred to State Affairs Committee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 488 |
| 4/2/2019 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall |
| 4/4/2019 | House |
• Favorable by State Affairs Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 6 -HJ 585 • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 585 |
| 4/5/2019 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/09/19, 2:00 pm, Sumner Hall |
| 4/9/2019 | House |
• CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 12 NAYS 6 -HJ 634 |
| 4/10/2019 | House |
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c) • CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 631 |
| 4/12/2019 | House |
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 680 |
| 4/18/2019 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/19 |
| 4/23/2019 | House |
• Read 2nd time -HJ 789 • Amendment(s) adopted (169529) -HJ 786, 787 • Amendment(s) failed (239235, 583329, 631771, 709273, 719965, 861419) -HJ 787, 788 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 4/24/2019 | House |
• Read 3rd time -HJ 804 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 71 NAYS 45 -HJ 804 |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate |
• In Messages • Referred to Rules -SJ 515 |
| 4/25/2019 | Senate |
• Received -SJ 514 |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7066 (Ch. 2019-162) |
831597 - Amendment to Amendment (719965)