3.0.0 4762 2023-01-13T04:49:10Z 2023-01-13T04:49:10Z House H HR 2006-02-15 109 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-02-15T15:02:25Z Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act of 2005 109 663 HR 2005-03-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. Related bill CRS 2006-02-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2006-02-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 N Crime and Law Enforcement Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Congress Congressional elections Ex-offenders Government Operations and Politics Injunctions Law Presidential elections State laws Voting rights Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2006-02-15 Introduced in House 2006-03-14T21:09:35Z Second Chance Voting Rights Act of 2006 - Declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense. Applies this Act to a convicted individual upon his or her unconditional release from incarceration and completion of his or her sentence, including parole.

Provides for enforcement of, and remedies for, violations of this Act.

Prohibits construing this Act to prohibit states from affording the right to vote in any federal election on less restrictive terms.

]]> Second Chance Voting Rights Act of 2006 Display Title Second Chance Voting Rights Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To secure the Federal voting rights of a person upon the unconditional release of that person from prison and the completion of sentence, including parole. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Second Chance Voting Rights Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4762ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4762ih.xml 2006-02-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.