Restoration of voting rights-waiting period.

2016
STATE OF WYOMING
16LSO-0275
Introduced
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0154

Restoration of voting rights-waiting period.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Byrd and Barlow and Senator(s) Burns, Craft and Esquibel, F.

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; amending requirements for the restoration of voting rights to felons; repealing a waiting period; 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:

7
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13
‑
105
.

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

(b)

The department of corrections shall issue a certificate of restoration of voting rights as provided in this subsection and subsection (c) of this section. Upon issuance of a certificate, voting rights lost pursuant to W.S. 6
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10
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106 shall be deemed restored. The department of corrections shall issue a person convicted of a nonviolent felony or nonviolent felonies arising out of the same occurrence or related course of events a certificate of restoration of voting rights if:

(
i
)

The person has not been convicted of any other felony other than convictions arising out of the same occurrence or related course of events for which restoration of rights is certified;
and

(ii)

The person has completed all of his sentence, including probation or
parole
.
;
and

Section 2
.

W.S. 7
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13
‑
105(
b)(iii) is repealed.

Section

3
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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