Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 848
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Rouson) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (600766) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 10 - 14
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (2) of
    7  section 97.041, Florida Statutes, to read:
    8         97.041 Qualifications to register or vote.—
    9         (2) The following persons, who might be otherwise
   10  qualified, are not entitled to register or vote:
   11         (c) A person who has been convicted of a felony and is
   12  incarcerated.
   13         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 944.292, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         944.292 Suspension of civil rights.—
   16         (1) Upon conviction of:
   17         (a) A felony not described in paragraph (b), the civil
   18  rights of the person convicted may not be suspended.
   19         (b) A life or capital felony or a forcible felony as
   20  defined in s. 776.08 as defined in s. 10, Art. X
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   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete lines 2 - 3
   25  and insert:
   26         An act relating to civil rights; amending s. 97.041,
   27         F.S.; prohibiting a person convicted of a felony and
   28         incarcerated from registering or voting; amending s.
   29         944.292, F.S.; prohibiting the suspension of civil
   30         rights of a person convicted of certain felonies;
   31         revising provisions related