US Congress House Bill 871 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Formerly Incarcerated Voter Registration Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to direct the Bureau of Prisons to include among reentry planning procedures the provision to federal prisoners of information about: (1) the laws and regulations governing the right of an individual convicted of a felony who has been released from prison to vote in each state, and (2) any voter registration or application forms the prisoner will need to complete in order to vote in the state in which the prisoner will reside upon release. The term "state" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Formerly Incarcerated Voter Registration Act of 2015

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]

Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2015-02-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-02-11	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/871/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr871/BILLS-114hr871ih.pdf