KY HB26 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-06 - to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Pending: House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Status: Introduced on January 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-06 - to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Pending: House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Summary
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to restore the right to vote to persons convicted of a felony after service of their sentence, expiration of probation, or final discharge from parole, unless the offense was treason, intentional murder, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse of a child, bribery in an election or another crime specified by the General Assembly; delete language in the 1891 Constitution referring to persons as "idiots and insane persons"; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.
Title
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-06 | House | to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) |
| 2015-01-06 | House | introduced in House |
| 2015-11-12 | House | To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government |
Kentucky State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/HB26.htm |
| Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/HB26/bill.doc |
| Supplement | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/HB26/LM.doc |
