Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05009 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5009
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1010 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
1111 AND ELECTIONS
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1515 REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.
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1919 AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTORAL PRIVILEGES OF CERTAIN
2020 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND PAROLEES.
2121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2222 Assembly convened:
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2424 That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) (A) permit each 1
2525 elector who has been convicted of a certain classification of felony and 2
2626 committed to confinement in a correctional institution or facility or a 3
2727 community residence to retain his or her electoral privileges, and (B) 4
2828 restore electoral privileges to each individual presently so confined as a 5
2929 result of any such conviction, and (2) restore the electoral privileges of 6
3030 each convicted felon who has been released from such confinement but 7
3131 who may not have been discharged from parole. 8
3232 Statement of Purpose:
3333 To provide for restoration of electoral privileges to individuals
3434 incarcerated as a result of felonies of certain classifications and retention
3535 of such privileges by individuals who may be so incarcerated in the
3636 future, as well as to restore the electoral privileges of convicted felons
3737 who are on parole.