3.0.0 1588 2023-01-11T13:37:05Z 2023-01-11T13:37:05Z Senate S 2017-07-19 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-19T21:09:01Z Democracy Restoration Act of 2018 115 6612 HR 2018-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Related bill CRS 2017-07-19 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-07-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-07-19 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-07-19 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-07-19 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2017-07-19 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-07-19 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2017-07-19 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2017-07-19 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-07-19 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2017-07-19 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-07-19 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2017-07-19 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-07-19 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-07-19 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2017-07-19 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-07-19 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2017-07-19 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-07-19 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-07-20 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-07-20 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-01-10 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2018-07-26 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal procedure and sentencing Law enforcement administration and funding Voting rights Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2017-07-19 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-20T20:50:12Z Democracy Restoration Act of 2017

This bill establishes that an individual's right to vote in a federal election may not be abridged due to a criminal conviction unless the individual is incarcerated for a felony sentence at the time of the election. The bill also (1) requires incarcerated individuals to be notified of the restoration of their voting rights upon release, and (2) prohibits states and local governments that do not comply with this bill from receiving federal funds for constructing or improving prisons.

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Democracy Restoration Act of 2017 Display Title Democracy Restoration Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to secure Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Democracy Restoration Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1588is/xml/BILLS-115s1588is.xml 2017-07-19 Read twice and referred to the 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.