Bill Text: PA HB1148 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing inmates released from State correctional institutions with access to voter registration materials; and imposing duties on the Department of Corrections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-21 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB1148 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1148-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1250
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1148 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY WATERS, JOSEPHS AND CALTAGIRONE, MARCH 21, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 21, 2011
AN ACT
Providing inmates released from State correctional institutions
with access to voter registration materials; and imposing
duties on the Department of Corrections.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Voter
Registration for Released Prisoners Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Department." The Department of Corrections of the
Commonwealth.
Section 3. Program.
(a) Distribution.--Upon release from a State correctional
institution, an inmate shall be provided with a voter
registration application.
(b) Materials.--The department shall make voter registration
applications available to administrators in every State
correctional institution.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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