Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

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7	6		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 25
8	7		January Session, 2019
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12	11		Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
13	12		AND ELECTIONS
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16	15		Introduced by:
17	16		(GAE)
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21	20		AN ACT RESTORING ELE CTORAL PRIVILEGES TO FELONY
22	21		CONVICTS WHO ARE ON PAROLE.
23	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	23		Assembly convened:
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26	25		Section 1. Section 9-46a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
27	26		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
28	27		(a) A person who has been convicted of a felony and committed to 3
29	28		confinement in a federal or other state correctional institution or 4
30	29		facility or community residence shall have such person's electoral 5
31	30		privileges restored upon the payment of all fines in conjunction with 6
32	31		the conviction and once such person has been [discharged] released 7
33	32		from confinement. [, and, if applicable, parole.] 8
34	33		(b) Upon the release from confinement in a correctional institution 9
35	34		or facility or a community residence of a person who has been 10
36	35		convicted of a felony and committed to the custody of the 11
37	36		Commissioner of Correction, [and, if applicable, the discharge of such 12
38	37		person from parole,] (1) the person shall have the right to become an 13
39		-	elector, (2) the Commissioner of Correction shall give the person a 14 Committee Bill No. 25
	38	+	elector, (2) the Commissioner of Correction shall give the person a 14
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46	44		document certifying that the person has been released from such 15
47	45		confinement, [and, if applicable, has been discharged from parole,] (3) 16
48	46		if the person was an elector at the time of such felony conviction and, 17
49	47		after such release, [and any such discharge,] is residing in the same 18
50	48		municipality in which the person resided at the time of such felony 19
51	49		conviction, the person's electoral privileges shall be restored, and (4) if 20
52	50		the person was an elector at the time of such felony conviction and, 21
53	51		after such release, [and any such discharge,] is residing in a different 22
54	52		municipality or if the person was not an elector at the time of such 23
55	53		felony conviction, the person's electoral privileges shall be restored or 24
56	54		granted upon submitting to an admitting official satisfactory proof of 25
57	55		the person's qualifications to be admitted as an elector. The provisions 26
58	56		of subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection shall not apply to 27
59	57		any person convicted of a felony for a violation of any provision of this 28
60	58		title until such person has been discharged from any parole or 29
61	59		probation for such felony. 30
62	60		(c) The registrars of voters of the municipality in which a person is 31
63	61		admitted as an elector pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section, 32
64	62		within thirty days after the date on which such person is admitted, 33
65	63		shall notify the registrars of voters of the municipality wherein such 34
66	64		person resided at the time of such person's conviction that such 35
67	65		person's electoral rights have been so restored. 36
68	66		(d) The Commissioner of Correction shall establish procedures to 37
69	67		inform those persons who have been convicted of a felony and 38
70	68		committed to the custody of said commissioner for confinement in a 39
71	69		correctional institution or facility or a community residence, and are 40
72	70		eligible to have their electoral privileges restored or granted pursuant 41
73	71		to subsection (b) of this section, of the right and procedures to have 42
74	72		such privileges restored. The Office of Adult Probation shall, within 43
75	73		available appropriations, inform such persons who are on probation 44
76	74		on January 1, 2002, of their right to become electors and procedures to 45
77	75		have their electoral privileges restored, which shall be in accordance 46
78		-	with subsections (b) and (c) of this section. 47 Committee Bill No. 25
	76	+	with subsections (b) and (c) of this section. 47
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85	82		(e) The Commissioner of Correction shall, on or before the fifteenth 48
86	83		day of each month, transmit to the Secretary of the State a list of all 49
87	84		persons convicted of a felony and committed to the custody of said 50
88	85		commissioner who, during the preceding calendar month, have been 51
89	86		released from confinement in a correctional institution or facility or a 52
90	87		community residence. [and, if applicable, discharged from parole.] 53
91	88		Such lists shall include the names, birth dates and addresses of such 54
92	89		persons, with the dates of their convictions and the crimes of which 55
93	90		such persons have been convicted. The Secretary of the State shall 56
94	91		transmit such lists to the registrars of the municipalities in which such 57
95	92		convicted persons resided at the time of their convictions and to the 58
96	93		registrars of any municipalities where the secretary believes such 59
97	94		persons may be electors. 60
98	95		Sec. 2. Section 9-453e of the general statutes is repealed and the 61
99	96		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 62
100	97		Each circulator of a nominating petition page shall be a United 63
101	98		States citizen, at least eighteen years of age and a resident of a town in 64
102	99		this state. [and shall not be on parole for conviction of a felony.] Any 65
103	100		individual proposed as a candidate in any nominating petition may 66
104	101		serve as circulator of the pages of such nominating petition. 67
105	102		Sec. 3. Section 9-453j of the general statutes is repealed and the 68
106	103		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 69
107	104		Each page of a nominating petition submitted to the town clerk or 70
108	105		the Secretary of the State and filed with the Secretary of the State under 71
109	106		the provisions of sections 9-453a to 9-453s, inclusive, or section 9-216 72
110	107		shall contain a statement as to the residency in this state and eligibility 73
111	108		of the circulator and authenticity of the signatures thereon, signed 74
112	109		under penalties of false statement, by the person who circulated the 75
113	110		same. Such statement shall set forth (1) such circulator's residence 76
114	111		address, including the town in this state in which such circulator is a 77
115	112		resident, (2) the circulator's date of birth and that the circulator is at 78
116		-	least eighteen years of age, (3) that the circulator is a United States 79 Committee Bill No. 25
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123	119		citizen, [and not on parole for conviction of a felony,] and (4) that each 80
124	120		person whose name appears on such page signed the same in person 81
125	121		in the presence of such circulator and that either the circulator knows 82
126	122		each such signer or that the signer satisfactorily identified himself to 83
127	123		the circulator. Any false statement committed with respect to such 84
128	124		statement shall be deemed to have been committed in the town in 85
129	125		which the petition was circulated. 86
130	126		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
131	127		sections:
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133	129		Section 1 July 1, 2019 9-46a
134	130		Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 9-453e
135	131		Sec. 3 July 1, 2019 9-453j
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137		-	GAE Joint Favorable
	133	+	Statement of Purpose:
	134	+	To restore the electoral privileges of convicted felons who are on
	135	+	parole.
	136	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	137	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	138	+	not underlined.]
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	140	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
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	142	+	S.B. 25
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