An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1629 By: Goodwin, Pittman, Deck,
Hefner, and Stark 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 vo ter eligibility; and
providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Elections
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. 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 th e following conditions:
1. Persons convicted of a fel ony 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
term of incarceration, parole or supervision, or
completed a period of probation order ed 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
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c. received a commutation pursu ant to subsection F of
Section 332.2 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes for
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 adjudged to be an incap acitated
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 registered
voter. The provisions of this paragraph shall 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 order adjudging
the person to be partially incapacitated restricts such person from
being eligible to register to vote.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 2025.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 7th day of May, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 16th day of April, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________