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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3017 By: Dollens
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
Section 4-101, which relates to persons entitled to
be registered voters; requiring certain agencies to
determine when persons conv icted of a felony have
regained eligibility to vote ; providing for notice
and registration application; authorizing Secretary
to promulgate rules; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 4 -101, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 4-101. A. Every person who is a qualified elector as
defined by Section 1 of Article III of the Okla homa Constitution
shall be entitled to become a registered voter in the precinct of
his or her residence, with the following conditions:
1. Persons convicted of a felony shall be eligible to register
to vote when they have fully served their sentence of c ourt-mandated
calendar days, including any term of incarceration, parole or
supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by any
court; and
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2. Any person who has been adjudged to be an incapacitated
person as such term is defined by Section 1 -111 of Title 30 of the
Oklahoma Statutes shall be ineligible to register to vote. When
such incapacitated person has been adjudged to be no longer
incapacitated such person shall be eligible to become a registe red
voter. The provisions of this paragraph sh all not prohibit any
person adjudged to be a partially incapacitated person as such term
is defined by Section 1-111 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes
from being eligible to register to vote unless the orde r adjudging
the person to be partially incapaci tated restricts such per son from
being eligible to register to vote.
B. The Secretary of State Election Board shall coordinate with
the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Public
Safety, the Administrative Office of t he Courts, and any other
relevant agency to determine when a person described in paragraph 1
of subsection A of this section has regained eligibility to vote .
C. When the person described in paragraph 1 of subsection A of
this section regains eligibility to vote, the Secretary shall use
his or her best efforts to provide the person with:
1. Notice informing the person in plain language that the
person may be eligible to register to vote, including
instructions for registration; and
2. A voter registration app lication.
D. The Secretary shall promulgate rules as necessary to
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administer the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-8554 LRB 01/07/22