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Restore Voting Rights Parolees

It became law on May 28, 2019.

CO HB 19-1266 · House Bill · 2019A

Stage
Became law
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House
Sponsors
2
Latest action
May 28, 2019

What it does

Individuals serving a sentence of parole - eligibility to register and vote - meaning of full term of imprisonment - appropriation. Existing law prohibits a person serving a sentence of parole from being eligible to register to vote or to vote in any election. The act declares that the purposes of parole are served by restoring the vote to persons serving a sentence of parole. The act clarifies that, for purposes of the "Uniform Election Code" and for applying state constitutional provisions governing disenfranchisement during imprisonment, persons sentenced to parole have completed their "full term of imprisonment" as that term appears in the state constitution. Accordingly, the act makes…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

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    May 28, 2019

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