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3 | 3 | LCO No. 228 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5009 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 228 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION | |
11 | 11 | AND ELECTIONS | |
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14 | 14 | Introduced by: | |
15 | 15 | REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist. | |
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19 | 19 | AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTORAL PRIVILEGES OF CERTAIN | |
20 | 20 | INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND PAROLEES. | |
21 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
22 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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24 | 24 | That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) (A) permit each 1 | |
25 | 25 | elector who has been convicted of a certain classification of felony and 2 | |
26 | 26 | committed to confinement in a correctional institution or facility or a 3 | |
27 | 27 | community residence to retain his or her electoral privileges, and (B) 4 | |
28 | 28 | restore electoral privileges to each individual presently so confined as a 5 | |
29 | 29 | result of any such conviction, and (2) restore the electoral privileges of 6 | |
30 | 30 | each convicted felon who has been released from such confinement but 7 | |
31 | 31 | who may not have been discharged from parole. 8 | |
32 | 32 | Statement of Purpose: | |
33 | 33 | To provide for restoration of electoral privileges to individuals | |
34 | 34 | incarcerated as a result of felonies of certain classifications and retention | |
35 | 35 | of such privileges by individuals who may be so incarcerated in the | |
36 | 36 | future, as well as to restore the electoral privileges of convicted felons | |
37 | 37 | who are on parole. |