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Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2013

Introduced: December 10, 2013 Introduced by: Jeffries, Hakeem S. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 27, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Dec 10, 2013
Introduced in House
Dec 10, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2013 - 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 of the 50 states, 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.

What's happening now January 27, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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Meng, Grace
New York · Dec 10, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3688: Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3688/
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"H.R. 3688: Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3688/.
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H.R. 3688, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3688/.
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