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Judiciary committee backs task force to study restoration of voting rights
Summary
The committee voted to create a task force to review restoration of voting rights, including potential retroactive relief for certain marijuana convictions and expungement issues; senators discussed equity and prior legislative work.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to report Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, directing the establishment of a task force to examine restoration of voting rights and related expungement issues.
Senator Jimmy Higdon, sponsor of the resolution, said the measure requests a work group during the interim to study the restoration process established after 2020 and to consider further refinements. He described the group as typical interim work to…
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