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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 22
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3786
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING PA YMENT OF CERTAIN FINES PRIOR TO
THE RESTORATION OF E LECTORAL PRIVILEGES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 9-46a of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(a) A person who has been convicted of a felony and committed to 4
confinement in a federal or other state correctional institution or 5
facility or community residence shall have such person's electoral 6
privileges restored [upon the payment of all fines in conjunction with 7
the conviction and] once such person has been [discharged] released 8
from confinement, and, if applicable, discharged from parole. 9
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 9-46a(a)
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Statement of Purpose:
To no longer condition the restoration of electoral privileges on the
payment of all fines in conjunction with a disenfranchising conviction.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
S.B. 22