Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-893
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-30
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Government information and archives
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Bureau of Prisons, as part of reentry planning procedures, to provide prisoners with information on voting rights for convicted felons and, for the state in which a prison will reside upon release, voting registration or application forms.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 893 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2019 Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Ms. Meng , and Ms. Barragán ) 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 Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2019 . 2. Provision of voting information to Federal prisoners Section 4042(a)(E) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after clause (vii) 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 of the 50 States, 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. .