HLS 15RS-763 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 322
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUNTER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
VOTING/REGISTRATION: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to suspension
of voting rights
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2Proposing to amend Article I, Section 10(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to repeal the
3 authorization to suspend voting rights based on an order of imprisonment for
4 conviction of a felony; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the
5 electors; and to provide for related matters.
6 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
7elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of
8Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to
9amend Article I, Section 10(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
10 §10. Right to Vote; Disqualification from Seeking or Holding an Elective Office
11 Section 10.(A) Right to Vote. Every citizen of the state, upon reaching
12 eighteen years of age, shall have the right to register and vote, except that this right
13 may be suspended while a person is interdicted and judicially declared mentally
14 incompetent or is under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony.
15 * * *
16 Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted
17to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on October 24,
182015.
19 Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at the election,
20there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 15RS-763 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 322
1to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as
2follows:
3 Do you support an amendment to repeal the authorization to suspend voting
4 rights based on an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony?
5 (Amends Article I, Section 10(A))
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 322 Original 2015 Regular Session Hunter
Abstract: Repeals the authorization to suspend voting rights based on an order of
imprisonment for conviction of a felony.
Present constitution provides that every citizen of the state, upon reaching 18 years of age,
shall have the right to register and vote, except that this right may be suspended while a
person is interdicted and judicially declared mentally incompetent.
Proposed constitutional amendment retains present constitution.
Present constitution additionally provides that the right to register and vote may be
suspended while a person is under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony.
Proposed constitutional amendment repeals present constitution.
Provides for submission of the proposed amendment to the voters at the statewide election
to be held Oct. 24, 2015.
(Amends Art. I, §10(A))
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