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2000 SESSION

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HB 1080 Restoration of voting and civil rights to convicted felons.

Introduced by: Jerrauld C. Jones | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Restoration of civil rights to convicted felons. Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to provide for notice to certain felons (certain violent, drug and voting felonies are excluded), at the time of completing service of sentence, probation, and parole, of their loss of civil rights and the process for restoring civil rights. The bill also directs the Secretary of the Commonwealth to advise applicants for restoration of civil rights of the fact that their application is complete and the date of its transmittal to the Governor. The bill provides procedures for petitioning the circuit court, criteria for approval by the court and approval of the court order by the Governor.

FULL TEXT

• 01/24/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 006929804  pdf
• 02/14/00  House: Printed as engrossed 006929804-E  pdf
• 03/06/00  Senate: Committee substitute printed 006978804-S1  pdf
• 03/20/00  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1080ER)  pdf
• 05/04/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0969)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments rejected

HISTORY

• 01/24/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 006929804
• 01/24/00  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/28/00  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
• 02/13/00  House: Read first time
• 02/13/00  House: Reported from C. J. with amendments (22-Y 1-N)
• 02/14/00  House: Read second time
• 02/14/00  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/14/00  House: Title replaced
• 02/14/00  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/14/00  House: Printed as engrossed 006929804-E
• 02/15/00  House: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 12-N)
• 02/15/00  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (87-Y 12-N)
• 02/15/00  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/16/00  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/16/00  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 02/25/00  Senate: Reported from R. & S. S. w/amendments (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/00  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 03/05/00  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub (14-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/00  Senate: Committee substitute printed 006978804-S1
• 03/06/00  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/00  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/00  Senate: Read third time
• 03/07/00  Senate: Reading of substitute with amendments waived
• 03/07/00  Senate: Committee amendments rejected
• 03/07/00  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 006978804-S1
• 03/07/00  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 006978804-S1
• 03/07/00  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/00  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/00  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/09/00  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 4-N)
• 03/09/00  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 4-N)
• 03/20/00  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1080ER)
• 03/22/00  House: Enrolled
• 03/22/00  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/24/00  House: Signed by Speaker
• 04/09/00  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 969 (effective 7/1/00)
• 05/04/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0969)