Legislative
Previous Bills of Interest
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
SB0205 Corporal punishment by parents and guardians.
Specifies that a parent or guardian of a child has legal authority to: (1) apply reasonable force to a child; or (2) impose reasonable confinement on a child; if the parent or guardian believes that the reasonable force or confinement is necessary for the proper control, training, or education of the child. Provides that the following factors are relevant in determining whether force or confinement is reasonable: (1) The age of the child. (2) The sex of the child. (3) The physical and mental condition of the child. (4) The nature of the child's misbehavior and the child's motive for the misbehavior. (5) The influence that the child's example may have on other children of the same family or group. (6) Whether the force or confinement is reasonably necessary and appropriate to compel obedience to a proper command. (7) Whether the force or confinement is disproportionate to the misbehavior, unnecessarily degrading, or likely to cause serious or permanent harm.
Position: Oppose
At stake: Freedom from abuse
SB0258 Parental notice of abstinence-only education.
Requires a principal to send notice to parents if the school is providing abstinence-only human sexuality courses. Specifies the language of the notice. Allows a parent to have the parent's child excused from abstinence-only courses. Provides an appeals process for a parent who does not receive notice of the parent's right to address the governing body concerning curriculum.
Position: Support
At stake: Right to accurate information and unbiased education
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SB0009 Restricted disclosure of certain arrest records. (Steele)
Allows a sentencing court to prohibit the disclosure to a noncriminal justice organization or individual of records relating to a person's arrest if the person is not charged, the person is acquitted of all criminal charges, or if the person's conviction is vacated. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the sentencing policy study committee.)
Position: Support
Committee: Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters
SB0022 Death penalty and mental illness. (Tallian)
Establishes a procedure to determine whether a defendant charged with murder is an individual with a severe mental illness. Prohibits the imposition of the death penalty on a defendant found to be an individual with a severe mental illness. Provides that a jury serves as the factfinder in a sentencing hearing in a capital case, even if the defendant pleads guilty or is tried to the court. Permits a defendant to waive the right to impanel a jury during the sentencing hearing.
Position: Support
Committee: Judiciary
At stake: Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
SB0092 Sex offenders and the Internet. (M. Young)
Requires a sex offender, as a condition of parole, a condition of probation, or as part of the sex offender's sentence, to permit: (1) the search of the person's personal computer at any time; and (2) the installation on the person's personal computer or device with Internet capability, at the person's expense, of one or more hardware or software systems to monitor Internet usage. Provides that the search of the computer must be conducted in a manner that interferes as little as practicable with the legitimate use of the computer, while still allowing a reliable determination of whether the person has committed a crime or violated a condition of probation or parole. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally refuses to permit a search of the person's computer or the installation of a monitoring device on the person's computer imposed as a part of the person's sentence may be found to be in indirect contempt of court.
Position: Oppose
Committee: Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters
At stake: Freedom from unreasonable searches
SB0172 Electronic recording of custodial interrogations. (Tallian)
Requires state and local law enforcement agencies to record electronically custodial interrogations of suspects during felony investigations conducted after June 30, 2010. Requires the agencies to retain copies of custodial interrogations for certain periods. Provides that any statements made by a suspect that are in violation of the custodial interrogation requirements are inadmissible in a felony prosecution against the suspect. Provides for certain exceptions.
Position: Support
Committee: Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters
At stake: Police accountability
SB0237 False informing and DNA collection. (Merritt)
Requires all persons arrested after June 30, 2009, to submit a DNA sample. Makes knowingly providing false information during an official law enforcement investigation a crime. Makes conforming amendments.
Position: Oppose
At stake: Freedom from unreasonable searches
SB0331 Sex offender registry.
Requires the department of correction to remove from the sex and violent offender registry web site the name of any sex or violent offender who is no longer required to register. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the sentencing policy study committee.)
Position: Support
At stake: Rehabilitation of former offenders
EQUAL TREATMENT
SB0033 Equivalent jobs and wage discrimination. (Mrvan)
Provides that an employer may not discriminate against an employee on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by paying a wage less than the wage paid to an employee of another sex, race, or national origin for work in an equivalent job. Requires an employer to keep certain records of wages paid to an employee and to provide certain documentation to the employee, including an annual statement of how the wages were calculated. Requires the department of labor to adopt rules, including specification of certain criteria for determining whether a job is dominated by employees of one sex, a particular race, or a particular national origin. Allows an employee claiming wage discrimination to file a complaint with the civil rights commission. Authorizes a civil action against an employer that fails to comply with certain wage reporting requirements or that takes certain discriminatory actions. Provides for damages against the employer in certain circumstances. Makes conforming changes.
Position: Support
Committee: Pensions and Labor
At stake: Pay equity
FREE SPEECH
HB1085 Display of political signs. (Fry)
Prohibits a homeowners association from adopting or enforcing certain restrictive covenants concerning the display of political signs.
Position: Support
Committee: Local Government
At stake: Freedom of political speech
SB0091 Bias crimes. (Lanane)
Requires law enforcement officers to receive training in identifying, responding to, and reporting bias crimes. Allows an individual who suffers a personal injury or property damage caused by a criminal offense to bring a civil action to recover damages, including punitive damages, if the person who committed the offense knowingly or intentionally selected the victim because of: (1) the victim's actual or perceived color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, or homelessness; or (2) the actual or perceived color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex of an individual affiliated or associated with the victim. Makes commission of a crime because of: (1) the victim's actual or perceived color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, or homelessness; or (2) the actual or perceived color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex of an individual affiliated or associated with the victim; an aggravating circumstance that may be considered by a judge when the judge imposes a sentence for the crime. Defines "homeless individual".
Position: Oppose
Committee: Judiciary
At stake: Freedom of thought
SB0095 Student expression of religious viewpoints. (Lewis)
Provides that a public school student may not be discriminated against for expressing a religious viewpoint in schoolwork or on otherwise permissible subjects. Provides that students may form and advertise religion based noncurricular groups in the same manner as other groups. Requires a school corporation to adopt a policy establishing a limited public forum for students in which the students may express religious viewpoints. Requires the department of education to develop and make available to school corporations a model limited public forum policy.
Position: Monitor
Committee: Education and Career Development
At stake: Freedom of speech
IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS
HB1035 Police enforcement of federal immigration laws. (Lehe)
Requires the superintendent of the state police department (superintendent) to: (1) negotiate terms of a memorandum of understanding (memorandum) concerning a pilot project for the enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws; and (2) designate appropriate police employees to be trained under the memorandum. Requires: (1) the superintendent and governor, unless otherwise required by the applicable federal agency, to sign the memorandum on behalf of the state; and (2) the state police department to apply for federal funding, as available, for the costs associated with training the police employees. Provides that a police employee certified as trained may enforce the federal immigration and customs laws.
Position: Oppose
Committee: Rules and Legislative Procedures
At stake: Immigrants’ rights and equal treatment
HB1098 Illegal immigrant matters. (Tincher)
Requires the superintendent of the state police department to negotiate terms of a memorandum of understanding concerning a pilot project for the enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws. Prohibits an employer from knowingly employing, after June 30, 2010, an unauthorized alien. Authorizes the attorney general to: (1) investigate a complaint that an employer knowingly employed an unauthorized alien; and (2) notify United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the department of labor (department) under certain conditions. Authorizes the department to initiate administrative proceedings against an employer for knowingly employing an unauthorized alien. Requires employers to verify the employment eligibility of an employee through the federal employment verification pilot program. Prohibits the department from initiating an administrative proceeding against an employer that verifies the employment authorization of an employed individual through the pilot program. Establishes an affirmative defense if the employer complied in good faith with the federal employment verification requirements. Makes it a Class B misdemeanor to file a complaint, knowing the complaint is false or frivolous, with the attorney general. Prohibits a governmental body from enacting an ordinance, resolution, rule, or policy that prohibits or limits another governmental body from sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging information on the citizenship or immigration status of an individual. Prohibits a state agency or political subdivision from entering into or renewing a public contract for services with a contractor if the state agency or political subdivision knows that the contractor employs or contracts with unauthorized aliens. Allows a contractor of a public contract for services to terminate a contract with a subcontractor if the subcontractor employs or contracts with unauthorized aliens. Requires the department of workforce development to verify the lawful presence of certain individuals to determine the individual's eligibility for unemployment benefits through the SAVE program.
Position: Oppose
Committee: Interstate and International Cooperation
At stake: Immigrants’ rights and equal treatment
SB0372 Unauthorized immigration matters.
Requires the department of correction to: (1) evaluate the citizenship and immigration status of a committed offender; and (2) notify and work with the United States Department of Homeland Security to deport offenders who are in the United States unlawfully. Provides that the fact that a defendant is a foreign national not lawfully admitted to the United States is a fact relevant to the risk of nonappearance a judicial officer must consider in setting bail. Requires a sheriff to make a reasonable effort to determine the citizenship or immigration status of certain persons. Prohibits a governmental body from enacting an ordinance, resolution, rule, or policy that prohibits or limits another governmental body from sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging information on the citizenship or immigration status of an individual. Allows law enforcement agencies to negotiate terms of a memorandum of understanding concerning a pilot project for the enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws. Requires an individual filing a claim for unemployment insurance to provide certain information in person to the department of workforce development. Prohibits an employer from knowingly hiring, after January 1, 2010, an unauthorized alien. Authorizes, subject to availability of funds, the attorney general to: (1) investigate a complaint that an employer knowingly employed an unauthorized alien; (2) verify the work authorization of the alleged unauthorized alien with the federal government; (3) notify United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, local law enforcement agencies, and the appropriate prosecuting attorney under certain conditions; and (4) maintain certain records of violation orders. Authorizes a prosecuting attorney to file a civil action against an employer for knowingly hiring an unauthorized alien in the county where the alien is employed. Prohibits a prosecuting attorney from filing an action against an employer that verified the employment authorization of an employed individual through E-Verify. Establishes an affirmative defense if the employer complied in good faith with the federal employment verification requirements. Makes it a Class A infraction for a person who is unlawfully in the United States to register a motor vehicle. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor if a person is unlawfully present in the United States and knowingly or intentionally operates or permits the operation of a motor vehicle on a public highway without financial responsibility in effect with respect to the motor vehicle. Provides that: (1) a person who counterfeits or falsely reproduces a driver's license with intent to use the license or to permit another person to use the license commits a Class D felony (instead of a Class B misdemeanor); and (2) a person who knowingly or intentionally produces or distributes a document that is not issued by a government entity and that purports to be a government issued identification commits a Class C felony (instead of a Class A misdemeanor). Makes making or distributing a forged instrument a Class B felony.
Position: Oppose
At stake: Immigrants rights and equal treatment
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
SB0010 In God We Trust license plate for the disabled. (Steele)
Requires the bureau of motor vehicles, after December 31, 2009, to provide an additional In God We Trust license plate bearing a symbol designating the vehicle as a vehicle regularly used to transport a person with a disability.
Position: Oppose
Committee: Commerce and Public Policy
At stake: Separation between Church and State
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
SB0020 Dispensing drugs by pharmacies. (Errington)
Imposes a duty on a pharmacy to fill a contraceptive prescription drug or device in stock in a timely manner. Requires a pharmacy to take specified steps if the pharmacy does not have: (1) a contraceptive prescription drug or device; or (2) an over-the-counter contraceptive; in stock. Requires a pharmacy to ensure that the pharmacy's customers are not intimidated, threatened, or harassed in the delivery of services. Allows a person to file a complaint with the board of pharmacy or commence a civil action for a violation by a pharmacy. Requires the board of pharmacy to investigate a complaint and determine whether a violation has occurred. Allows the attorney general to file a civil action for a violation by a pharmacy, and sets forth the maximum civil penalties that may be awarded by the court.
Position: Support
Committee: Health and Provider Services
At stake: Access to contraception
SB0089 Physician admitting privileges. (Miller)
Requires a physician who performs an abortion to: (1) have admitting privileges at a hospital in the county or in a county adjacent to the county where the abortion is performed; and (2) notify the patient of the hospital location where the patient can receive follow-up care by the physician.
Position: Oppose
Committee: Health and Provider Services
At stake: Access to abortion
SB0090 Abortion matters. (Miller)
Provides that for consent to an abortion to be voluntary and informed, a physician must inform the pregnant woman that there is differing medical evidence concerning when a fetus feels pain. Provides that notice must be given to a pregnant woman in writing at least 18 hours before an abortion: (1) concerning the availability of adoptions and that certain adoption-related expenses may be borne by the adoptive parents; (2) concerning physical risks to the woman in having an abortion; and (3) stating that an embryo formed by the fertilization of a human ovum by a human sperm immediately begins to divide and grow as human physical life.
Position: Oppose
Committee: Health and Provider Services
At stake: Access to abortion and freedom of doctor-patient relationship
SB0103 Definition of "contraception". (Simpson)
Defines "contraception" and provides that contraception is not subject to or governed by the abortion statutes.
Position: Support
Committee: Health and Provider Services
At stake: Access to contraception
VOTING RIGHTS
HB1099 Various election matters. (Tincher)
Provides that identification issued by an approved Indiana postsecondary educational institution that has no expiration date or an indefinite expiration date is acceptable proof of identification to vote. Provides that a voter casting an absentee ballot before an absentee voter board in the office of the circuit court clerk or at a satellite office: (1) is entitled to receive assistance in casting a ballot if the voter is a voter with disabilities or is unable to read or write English; and (2) is permitted to vote if the voter is in the process of casting a ballot or is waiting to vote at the hour at which voting is designated to end.
Position: Support
Committee: Elections and Apportionment
At stake: Right to vote
SB0005 Voter identification. (Errington)
Provides that an individual furnishes acceptable proof of identification for voting purposes if the individual presents one of the following documents issued to the individual, the document shows the name of the individual, and the name conforms to the name in the individual's voter registration record: (1) Identification issued by the state, the United States, or a public or private higher educational institution located in Indiana. (2) A current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or another government document that shows the name and address of the individual. (3) A driver's license or state identification card issued by a state other than Indiana. Provides that an individual also provides acceptable proof of identification: (1) if two precinct election officers who are members of different major political parties execute an affidavit declaring that they have personal knowledge of the individual and that the individual is the individual whose name appears on the poll list; or (2) if the individual executes an affidavit in which the individual swears or affirms that the individual is the individual whose name appears on the poll list.
Position: Support
Committee: Elections
At stake: Right to vote
SB0254 Military identification cards as voter ID.
Provides that an identification document issued by the Department of Defense, a branch of the uniformed services, the Merchant Marine, or the National Guard that has no expiration date or an indefinite expiration date is an acceptable proof of identification for voting.
Position: Support
At stake: Right to vote
SB0256 Absentee voting.
Permits a voter who is qualified to vote in person to vote by absentee ballot. Removes all other qualifications for a voter to vote by absentee ballot except for a voter with disabilities who is unable to make a voting mark on the ballot or sign the absentee ballot secrecy envelope. (Such a disabled voter is currently required to vote before an absentee voter board.)
Position: Support
At stake: Right to vote
MISCELLANEOUS
SB0268 Drug testing of public assistance recipients. (Kruse)
Requires the division of family resources to develop a drug abuse testing program for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and the federal Food Stamp Program. Provides that: (1) an individual who tests positive for a controlled substance or a legend drug without a prescription is ineligible to receive TANF assistance and food stamp assistance; and (2) an individual who is ineligible for TANF assistance and food stamp assistance as the result of testing positive for the presence of illegal drugs is ineligible for assistance under the Medicaid program. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to apply for an amendment to the state Medicaid plan to limit Medicaid eligibility for individuals who are ineligible under the TANF program and food stamp program as the result of testing positive for the presence of illegal drugs.
Position: Oppose
At stake: Freedom from unreasonable searches and access to public benefits
SB0344 Restoration of county offices of family resources. (Becker)
Eliminates authority of the division of family resources to replace county offices with regional offices. Replaces references to "local office" and "local director" with "county office" and "county director". Repeals definitions of "local office" and "local director".
Position: Support
At stake: Accessibility of public benefits
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
SB 91 Foster care sibling visitation
Requires the department of child services to promote sibling visitation for every child who receives foster care. Allows a sibling to request sibling visitation of one of the siblings is receiving foster care. Permits a court to appoint a guardian ad litem or CASA if a child requesting sibling visitation is receiving foster care.
Committee: Judiciary
At Stake: Promotion of Family Relations
Position: Support
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SB 304 Arrest records
Allows a sentencing court to prohibit the disclosure to a noncriminal justice organization or individual of arrest records of a person acquitted or whose conviction is vacated.
Committee: Corr., Crim. & Civil Matters
At Stake: Rehabilitation
Position: Support
Status: Passed out of Committee
SB 258 Discharge of long term inmates
Requires the department of correction to provide for an automatic, one time review of a long term inmate’s sentence to determine whether the inmate has been rehabilitated and has suitable plans that would warrant discharge from custody.
Committee: Corr., Crim. & Civil Matters
At Stake: Prison overpopulation
Position: Support
Status: Passed out of Committee
SB 261 False informing and DNA collection
Requires all persons arrested after June 30, 2008, to submit a DNA sample.
Committee: Corr., Crim. & Civil Matters
At Stake: Access to private lives of nonconvicted individuals
Position: Oppose
Read the testimony of the ACLU of Indiana on SB 261
SB 4 * Reduction of credit time for sex offenders
Establishes a multiplicity of changes to sex and violent offender registry rules, including sharp reduction of credit time for convicted felons; eliminates registration for certain offenses; establishes a three-tier registration system; requires vehicle registration; requires a photograph each time the offender registers in person; requires notification to every school and public housing agency in each county in which an offender registers.
Committee: Corr., Crim. & Civil Matters
At Stake: Community re-entry; ex post facto laws; state constitution & federal 14th Amendment
Position: Oppose
Read the testimony of the ACLU of Indiana on SB 4
HB 1209 Review of sentences of certain habitual offenders
Allows a person convicted of certain controlled substance felonies and sentenced as a habitual offender to petition the sentencing court regarding the sentence enhancement.
Committee: Judiciary
At Stake: Prison overpopulation
Position: Support
Status: Passed out of Committee
HB 1134 * Sex offender internet offense
Makes it a Class D felony for a sex offender to use a social networking internet web site or an instant messaging or chat room program that is frequented by children.
Committee: Judiciary
At Stake: Government surveillance; speech freedom
Position: Oppose
Status: Passed out of Committee
Read the testimony of the ACLU of Indiana on HB 1134
HB 1329 * Sex offenses and children
Changes the annual sex and violent offender fee to a monthly fee of $50 or not more than 10% of the offender’s net monthly income. Provides that, for parole, the offender must agree to computer search at any time, permit ISP disclosure of sites visited, agree to site prohibitions, agree not to delete or tamper with information that relates to site usage.
Committee: Judiciary; Reassign: Technol., Research & Development
At Stake: Government surveillance; speech freedom
Position: Oppose
Status: Amended to remove all mention of additional fee; passed out of Committee
EQUAL TREATMENT
HB 1034 Age discrimination
Transfers jurisdiction over age discrimination proceedings from the commissioner of labor to the civil rights commission.
Committee: Labor & Employment
At Stake: Age as a protected civil rights category
Position: Support
Status: Passed out of Committee
SJR 7 * Definition of marriage
Provides that marriage in Indiana consists only of the union of one man and one woman. Provides that Indiana law may not be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups. (This proposed amendment must be agreed to by a second general assembly and ratified by a majority of the state’s voters voting on the question to be effective.)
Committee: Judiciary
At Stake: Discriminatory denial of marital rights
Position: Oppose
Read the testimony of the ACLU of Indiana on SJR 7
FREE SPEECH
HB 1076 Bias crimes
Allows an individual who suffers a personal injury or property damage caused by a criminal offense to bring a civil action to recover damages, including punitive damages, if the offender knowingly or intentionally selected the victim because of the victim’s actual or perceived color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, or homelessness. Makes commission of a crime based on such selection of the victim an aggravating circumstance to be considered at sentencing.
Committee: Courts & Criminal Code
At Stake: Punishment of thought in addition to conduct
Position: Oppose
Status: Passed out of Committee
HB 1042 Intent to sell sexually explicit products
Requires a person intending to sell sexually explicit materials, products, or services to register and file a statement with the secretary of state. Failure to file is a Class B misdemeanor.
Committee: Family, Children & H.Affairs
At Stake: Content-based chill on expression
Position: Oppose
Read the testimony of the ACLU of Indiana on HB 1042
IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS
SB 335 * Illegal alien matters
Establishes a pilot project for state enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws; provides funding for training and authorizes enforcement by trained police employees. Requires prosecuting attorneys to file actions against employers for knowingly employing unauthorized aliens. Makes it an offense to transport or move, harbor or shelter an unauthorized alien. Much much more.
Committee: Pensions & Labor
At Stake: Appearance-based discrimination; due process protections
Position: Oppose
Read the testimony of the ACLU of Indiana on SB 335
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
SB 172 Covenant marriage
Provides that couples can designate a covenant marriage when marrying or after marriage. Specifies only limited grounds for separation or dissolution. Requires the license to indicate a covenant marriage. Requires the state dept. of health of maintain records of such marriages and develop informational material.
Committee: Judiciary
At Stake: State entanglement in religious covenant
Position: Oppose
SJR 2 * Prohibition of property taxes on church property
Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to exempt buildings and personal property regularly used for religious worship from property taxation. (This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.)
Committee: Judiciary
At Stake: Religious freedom unencumbered by government support
Position: Oppose
Status: Died in Committee
Read the testimony of the ACLU of Indiana on SJR 2
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
SB 147 Abandoned embryo adoption
Allows an abandoned embryo to be adopted for implantation by another individual under specified circumstances. States that a person who knowingly or intentionally destroys or discards an abandoned human embryo commits unlawful destruction of an embryo, a Class A misdemeanor.
Committee: Judiciary
At Stake: Use of supernumerary zygotes for research
Position: Oppose restrictions on destruction; no position on adoption
SB 3 * Dispensing of drugs by pharmacists
Provides that a pharmacist may not be required to dispense a drug or medical device that might cause an abortion, destroy an unborn child or cause the death of a person by means of assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing.
Committee: Health & Provider Services
At Stake: Access to medical care, contraception
Position: Amend to require pharmacies to provide for timely filling of prescriptions
Status: Passed out of Committee
SB 187 Fetal development curriculum
Requires each school corporation to include instruction regarding human fetal development in the high school health education curriculum.
Committee: Health & Provider Services
At Stake: Students’ right to unbiased, complete, accurate sex education; opposition to state mandated curriculum
Position: Oppose
SB 146 * Information preceding an abortion
Provides that informed consent to an abortion includes the requirement that a physician inform a woman that a fetus might feel pain. Provides that notice must be given in writing at least 18 hours before an abortion concerning the availability of adoptions, concerning physical risks to the woman in having an abortion, and stating that human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm. Requires that a physician who performs an abortion to have privileges in the county or county adjacent to where the abortion is performed. Amended in committee: “there is differing medical evidence concerning when a fetus feels pain”; “an embryo formed by the fertilization of a human ovum by a human sperm immediately begins to divide and grow as human physical life”.
Committee: Judiciary
At Stake: State-mandated speech that is medically unsound & theologically contentious
Position: Oppose
Status: Passed out of Committee
VOTING RIGHTS
HB 1196 Various election law matters
Expands acceptable identification documentation. Provides that patients in long term care facilities may not be challenged because of difference of address. Provides that a person who is subject to law detention but not convicted is eligible to register and vote until convicted and imprisoned. Provides additional protections of voting rights.
Committee: Elections & Apportionment
At Stake: Protection of right to vote
Position: Support
