SB 714 - Gregory (21), Kurtis
Modifies provisions relating to voting qualifications
Bill Details
Sponsor
LR Number
2422S.02I
Title
SB 714
House Handler
N/A
Journal Page
Effective Date
August 28, 2025
Committee
Current Status
Second Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
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Amendments
No amendments available
CURRENT BILL SUMMARY
SB 714 - Under current law, no person shall be entitled to vote while confined under a sentence of imprisonment or while on probation or parole after conviction of a felony, until finally discharged from such probation or parole. This act changes those prohibitions by prohibiting persons from voting:
• While confined after conviction of a felony or misdemeanor;
• After conviction of a felony or misdemeanor connected with the right of suffrage; or
• After conviction of certain violent crimes referenced in the act.
Current law also provides that a person who is convicted of any offense shall be disqualified from registering and voting in any election while confined under a sentence of imprisonment. This act limits this provision to felonies and misdemeanors only while confined.
This act is substantially similar to HB 617 (2025), SB 1199 (2024), HB 1603 (2024), HB 1927 (2024), HB 2201 (2024), a provision in HB 2371 (2024), a provision in HB 2679 (2024), HB 2755 (2024), SB 376 (2023) and provisions in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 72 (2023) and similar to HCS/HB 248 (2023) and HB 385 (2023), HB 387 (2023), a provision in HB 642 (2023), HB 859 (2023), SB 542 (2020), HB 1780 (2020), HB 1951 (2020), HB 2268 (2020), HB 2362 (2020), HB 2410 (2020), SB 167 (2017), and SB 924 (2016).
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