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HB 133 - Voting; certain felony convictions; clarify certain term

Holmes, Bob (53rd)	Orrock, Nan (56th)	Brooks, Tyrone (54th)
Reed, Kasim (52nd)	Mobley, Barbara J (69th)

Status Summary	HC:	GAff	SC:		FR:	01/15/99	LA:	01/25/99	H - Read 2nd Time

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to clarify the meaning of completion of sentence for the purposes of voting after conviction of a felony of moral turpitude; and for other purposes.

HB 133                                             LC 22 3285 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to clarify 
  1- 3  the meaning of completion of sentence for the purposes of 
  1- 4  voting after conviction of a felony of moral turpitude; to 
  1- 5  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 7                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1- 8  Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to elections, is amended by striking in 
  1-10  its entirety subsection (b) of Code Section 21-2-216, 
  1-11  relating to electors' qualifications, reregistration, and 
  1-12  eligibility of nonresidents to vote in presidential 
  1-13  elections, and inserting in its place the following: 
 
  1-14    "(b) In addition to the qualifications in subsection (a) 
  1-15    of this Code section, no person who has been convicted of 
  1-16    a felony involving moral turpitude may register, remain 
  1-17    registered, or vote except upon completion of the sentence 
  1-18    and no person who has been judicially determined to be 
  1-19    mentally incompetent may register, remain registered, or 
  1-20    vote unless the disability has been removed. For the 
  1-21    purposes of this subsection, 'upon completion of the 
  1-22    sentence' shall mean upon release by authority of the 
  1-23    federal government, state government, or a political 
  1-24    subdivision of the state from confinement in a jail, 
  1-25    prison, or other correctional institution, without regard 
  1-26    to whether such release shall be the result of probation, 
  1-27    parole, early release, suspended sentence, the serving of 
  1-28    the entire sentence, or for any other reason."  
 
  1-29                           SECTION 2. 
 
  1-30  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  1-31  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
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