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