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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
March 26, 2024
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL NO. 1629 By: Goodwin, Pittman, and Deck
of the House
and
Young of the Senate
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
Section 4-101, which relates to voter registration;
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. 2021, Section 4 -101, is
amended to read as f ollows:
Section 4-101. Every person who is a qualified elector as
defined by Section 1 of Article III of the Oklahoma 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 :
a. fully served their sentence of court -mandated calendar
days or had their sentence discharged , including any
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term of incarceration, parole or supervision, or
completed a period of probation ordered by any court ,
b. received a commutation that reduced the sentence of
any active felony conviction to time served pursuant
to federal or state law and have no other outstanding
sentence under any other felony conviction ,
c. received a commutation pursuant to subsection F of
Section 332.2 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes f or
a crime that has been reclassified from a felony to a
misdemeanor and has no remaining time to serve ,
including:
(1) any incomplete term of incarceration,
(2) any remaining parole or supervision, or
(3) any incomplete period of probation , or
d. been granted a pardon pursuant to federal or state law
and have no other outstanding sentence under any other
felony conviction; and
2. Any person who has been adjudg ed 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 eli gible to become a registered
voter. The provisions of this paragraph shall not prohibit any
person adjudged to be a partially incapacitated person as such term
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is defined by Section 1 -111 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes
from being eligible to registe r to vote unless the order adjudging
the person to be partially incapacitated restricts such pers on from
being eligible to register to vote.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDI CIARY
March 26, 2024 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS