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Senate Bill 363
By: Senator McLaurin of the 14th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 21-2-216 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
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qualifications of electors generally, reregistration of electors purged from list, eligibility of2
nonresidents who vote in presidential elections, retention of qualification for standing as3
elector, evidence of citizenship, and check of convicted felons and deceased persons4
databases, so as to provide restrictions of voting rights for judicially incompetent persons;5
to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic6
repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.7
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:8
SECTION 1.9
Code Section 21-2-216 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to qualifications10
of electors generally, reregistration of electors purged from list, eligibility of nonresidents11
who vote in presidential elections, retention of qualification for standing as elector, evidence12
of citizenship, and check of convicted felons and deceased persons databases, is amended by13
revising subsection (b) as follows:14
"(b) In addition to the qualifications in subsection (a) of this Code section, no person who
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has been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude may register, remain registered,16
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or vote except upon completion of the sentence and no person who has been judicially17
determined to be mentally incompetent may register, remain registered, or vote unless the18
disability has been removed."19
SECTION 2.20
This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027, only if an amendment to the21
Constitution of Georgia is ratified at the November, 2026, general election removing a22
conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude as an exception to the right to register and23
vote. If such an amendment to the Constitution is not so ratified, this Act shall not become24
effective and shall stand repealed by operation of law on January 1, 2027.25
SECTION 3.26
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.27
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