Oklahoma 2023 Regular Session

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29		-	BILL NO. 1629 By: Goodwin of the House
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	33	+	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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	35	+	HOUSE BILL 1629 By: Goodwin
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	41	+	AS INTRODUCED
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40	43		An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
41	44		Section 4-101, which relates to voter reg istration;
42	45		modifying conditions for voter eligibility; and
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48	51		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
49	52		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 202 1, Section 4-101, is
50	53		amended to read as foll ows:
51	54		Section 4-101. Every person who is a qualified elector as
52	55		defined by Section 1 of Article III of the O klahoma Constitution
53	56		shall be entitled to become a registered voter in the precinct of
54	57		his or her residence, with the following conditions:
55	58		1. Persons convicted of a felony shall be eligibl e to register
56	59		to vote when they have:
57	60		a. fully served their sentence of court-mandated calendar
58	61		days or their sentence has been discharged, including
59	62		any term of incarceration, parole or supervision, or
60	63		completed a period of probation ordered b y any court,
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87	91		b. received a commutation that reduced the sentence t o
88	92		time served pursuant to federal or state law ,
89	93		c. received a commutation for a crime that has been
90	94		reclassified from a felony to a misdemeanor pursuant
91	95		to federal or state law, or
92	96		d. been granted a pardon pursuant to federal or state
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94	98		2. Any person who has bee n adjudged to be an incapacitated
95	99		person as such term is defined by Section 1 -111 of Title 30 of the
96	100		Oklahoma Statutes shall be ineligible to regi ster to vote. When
97	101		such incapacitated person has been adjudged to be no longer
98	102		incapacitated such person shal l be eligible to become a registered
99	103		voter. The provisions of this paragraph shall not prohibit any
100	104		person adjudged to be a partially incapacitat ed person as such term
101	105		is defined by Section 1-111 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes
102	106		from being eligible to register to vote unless the order adjudging
103	107		the person to be partially incapacitated restricts such person from
104	108		being eligible to register to vot e.
105	109		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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	111	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, dated
	112	+	02/14/2023 - DO PASS.