Alabama House Bill 96 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 7 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-07 - Introduced and Referred to House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Pending: House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relating to voting rights; to amend Sections 15-22-36.1, 17-3-31, and 17-4-3, Code of Alabama 1975; to eliminate the application requirement and the Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote; to require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to determine whether an individual may have his or her right to vote restored if the individual has lost his or her right to vote by reason of conviction in a state or federal court and has been pardoned or released from incarceration or period of probation or parole; to allow an indigent individual to have his or her right to vote restored if he or she has paid all fines and restitution and is in compliance with an approved payment plan for the payment of court costs and fees or an approved community service plan to offset the payment of court costs and fees; to remove impeachment from the list of offenses that prohibit an individual from having his or her right to vote restored to make consistent with existing law; and to add Section 17-3-31.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require notification to the individual that his or her right to vote has been restored.

Relating to voting rights; to amend Sections 15-22-36.1, 17-3-31, and 17-4-3, Code of Alabama 1975; to eliminate the application requirement and the Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote; to require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to determine whether an individual may have his or her right to vote restored if the individual has lost his or her right to vote by reason of conviction in a state or federal court and has been pardoned or released from incarceration or period of probation or parole; to allow an indigent individual to have his or her right to vote restored if he or she has paid all fines and restitution and is in compliance with an approved payment plan for the payment of court costs and fees or an approved community service plan to offset the payment of court costs and fees; to remove impeachment from the list of offenses that prohibit an individual from having his or her right to vote restored to make consistent with existing law; and to add Section 17-3-31.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require notification to the individual that his or her right to vote has been restored.

Rep. Laura Hall [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-07	House	Introduced and Referred to House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
2023-03-07	House	Read First Time in House of Origin

Type	Source
Summary	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search
Text	https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB96-int.pdf
Supplement	https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/FiscalNotes/FN-I58X6W-1.pdf