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Formerly Incarcerated Voter Registration Act of 2015

Introduced: February 11, 2015 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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Became law
Mar 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Feb 11, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 11, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Frankel, Lois
Florida · Sep 29, 2015
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Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 11, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 871: Formerly Incarcerated Voter Registration Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-871/
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"H.R. 871: Formerly Incarcerated Voter Registration Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-871/.
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