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2000 SESSION
HB 1080 Restoration of voting and civil rights to convicted felons.
Introduced by: Jerrauld C. Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
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.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Restoration of civil rights to convicted felons. Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to provide for notice to felons, 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.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Restoration of civil rights to convicted felons. Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to provide for notice to felons, 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.