Bill Text: IA SF2348 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the restoration of voting rights to certain convicted persons and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2129.) Contingent effective date.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-04 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 685. [SF2348 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF2348-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
RESTORATION
OF
VOTING
RIGHTS
TO
CERTAIN
CONVICTED
PERSONS
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
48A.6,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
A
person
who
has
been
convicted
of
a
felony
as
defined
in
section
701.7
,
or
convicted
of
an
offense
classified
as
a
felony
under
federal
law
,
and
who
has
not
discharged
the
person’s
sentence
as
provided
in
section
48A.6A
.
If
the
person’s
rights
are
later
restored
by
the
governor,
or
by
the
president
of
the
United
States,
the
person
may
register
to
vote.
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
48A.6A
Discharge
of
sentence
——
definition.
A
person
shall
not
be
considered
to
have
discharged
a
sentence
for
purposes
of
Article
II,
section
5,
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
and
section
48A.6
unless
the
person
has
done
all
of
the
following:
1.
Completed
any
term
of
confinement,
parole,
and
probation,
and
completed
any
special
sentence
imposed
pursuant
to
chapter
903B.
2.
For
an
offense
under
chapter
707,
the
offense
of
child
endangerment
resulting
in
the
death
of
a
child
or
minor
under
section
726.6,
or
election
misconduct
in
the
first
degree
under
Senate
File
2348,
p.
2
section
39A.2,
received
a
pardon
or
restoration
of
rights
from
the
governor.
3.
Paid
all
pecuniary
damages
owed
to
a
natural
person
imposed
pursuant
to
chapter
910,
as
confirmed
by
the
clerk
of
the
court.
Sec.
3.
CONTINGENT
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
upon
the
ratification
of
a
constitutional
amendment
originating
in
a
resolution
passed
during
the
eighty-eighth
general
assembly
relating
to
the
restoration
of
the
voting
rights
of
felons
upon
the
discharge
of
a
criminal
sentence
pursuant
to
Article
X,
section
1,
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa.
Sec.
4.
CONTINGENT
REPEAL
DATE.
This
Act
is
repealed
if
a
constitutional
amendment
relating
to
the
restoration
of
the
voting
rights
of
felons
upon
the
discharge
of
a
criminal
sentence
is
not
ratified
pursuant
to
Article
X,
section
1,
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
prior
to
January
1,
2023.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2348,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
