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HB0024 • 2011

Voting rights.

AN ACT relating to voting rights; repealing the time period required before restoration of voting rights to certain convicted felons; making conforming amendment; and providing for an effective date.

Crime Elections
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Zwonitzer, Dan
Last action
2011-01-19
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Amendments

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HB0024HS001

Standing Committee • H01

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H01

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Bill History

  1. 2011-01-19 House

    H Failed CoW; Indef Postponed

  2. 2011-01-19 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  3. 2011-01-19 House

    Amendment Adopted

  4. 2011-01-18 House

    H Placed on General File

  5. 2011-01-18 House

    H01 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  6. 2011-01-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  7. 2011-01-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  8. 2010-12-13 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2011
STATE OF
WYOMING
11LSO-0121

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0024

Voting rights.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Zwonitzer, Dn., Cannady, Connolly, Patton, Throne and Wallis and Senator(s) Case

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
voting rights; repealing the time period required before restoration of voting rights to certain convicted felons; making conforming amendment;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 7
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13
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105(b)(i) and (ii) is amended to read:

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13
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105.

Certificate of restoration of rights; procedure for restoration in general; procedure for restoration of voting rights for nonviolent felonies; filing requirements.

(b)

A person convicted of a nonviolent felony or nonviolent felonies arising out of the same occurrence or related course of events may apply in writing to the state board of parole for a certificate which restores the person's voting rights lost pursuant to W.S. 6
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106. The application shall specifically state that the requirements of this subsection have been met and shall be on a form approved by the state board of parole. The state board of parole shall issue a certificate restoring a person's voting rights if:

(i)

The applicant has never been convicted of any other felony other than convictions arising out of the same occurrence for which restoration of rights is sought;
and

(ii)

All of the applicant's terms of sentence are expired, or in the case of probation, the applicant has completed all probation periods
.
; and

Section 2.
W.S. 7
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13
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105(b)(iii) is repealed.

Section 3.
This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(END)

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