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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3153 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 724
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Erika Uyterhoeven
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to voting rights restoration.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex1/20/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester2/1/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/1/2023Mike Connolly26th Middlesex2/4/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/10/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/13/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3153 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 724
By Representative Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 724)
of Erika Uyterhoeven and others for legislation to restore voting rights to incarcerated felons.
Election Laws.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to voting rights restoration.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
restore voting rights to incarcerated felons,, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 50 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 138 and 139, the following words:-
3“, except if by reason of a felony conviction”.
4 SECTION 2. Section 1 of chapter 51 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
5amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the following words:- “or incarcerated in a correctional
6facility due to a felony conviction,”.