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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1629 By: Goodwin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
Section 4-101, which relates to voter reg istration;
modifying conditions for voter eligibility; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 202 1, Section 4-101, is
amended to read as foll ows:
Section 4-101. Every person who is a qualified elector as
defined by Section 1 of Article III of the O klahoma 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 eligibl e to register
to vote when they have:
a. fully served their sentence of court-mandated calendar
days or their sentence has been discharged, including
any term of incarceration, parole or supervision, or
completed a period of probation ordered b y any court,
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b. received a commutation that reduced the sentence t o
time served pursuant to federal or state law ,
c. received a commutation for a crime that has been
reclassified from a felony to a misdemeanor pursuant
to federal or state law, or
d. been granted a pardon pursuant to federal or state
law; and
2. Any person who has bee n 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 regi ster to vote. When
such incapacitated person has been adjudged to be no longer
incapacitated such person shal l be eligible to become a registered
voter. The provisions of this paragraph shall not prohibit any
person adjudged to be a partially incapacitat ed 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 order adjudging
the person to be partially incapacitated restricts such person from
being eligible to register to vot e.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, dated
02/14/2023 - DO PASS.