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Judiciary B advances several bills restoring voting rights to individual petitioners
Summary
The Judiciary B committee advanced a slate of House bills restoring voting rights to named petitioners, approving each by voice vote after brief packet reviews. Committee members asked for clarification on whether all convictions and financial obligations (fines/fees/restitution) were fully listed or satisfied; the chair said staff would seek that information before floor action.
The Judiciary B committee reviewed and approved a series of House bills that would restore voting rights to individual petitioners, advancing each by voice vote after brief staff recitals and limited questioning.
The chair said the committee considered a reduced packet of requests vetted with assistance from the lieutenant governor’s office and applied Governor Hoseman’s eligibility criteria. "Our internal policy is basically if the person has been not convicted of a violent offense and if they have been discharged for at least 10 years and had no additional problems and it's not like public funds that were, you know, stolen or embezzled," the chair said, summarizing the standard used to select the bills for the committee's consideration.
The committee considered the following bills and approved each by voice vote (outcome recorded as approval; voice tallies not specified in the transcript):
- House Bill 4118 (Mary Wayne Prader, listed in the packet as from…
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