Formerly Incarcerated Voter Registration Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-871
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-11
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

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Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Formerly Incarcerated</b><b> Voter Registration Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to direct the Bureau of Prisons to include among reentry planning procedures the provision to federal prisoners of information about: (1) the laws and regulations governing the right of an individual convicted of a felony who has been released from prison to vote in each state, and (2) any voter registration or application forms the prisoner will need to complete in order to vote in the state in which the prisoner will reside upon release.</p> <p>The term &quot;state&quot; includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 871 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2015 Mr. Jeffries (for himself and Ms. Meng ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to direct the Bureau of Prisons to provide certain voting information to Federal prisoners upon their release from prison.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Formerly Incarcerated Voter Registration Act of 2015 . 2. Provision of voting information to Federal prisoners Section 4042(a)(E) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (viii) The laws and regulations governing the right of an individual convicted of a felony who has been released from prison to vote in each State, and, for the State in which the prisoner will reside upon release, any voter registration or application forms that the prisoner will need to complete in order to vote. For purposes of this clause, the term State includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. .