■ = Bill is dead or 'continued.'
2022 Priority Bills
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Cat | Number | Title | Patron | House | Senate | GA | Governor | updated |
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voting rights | SJ 1 Support | Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters and the right to vote (second reference).
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A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority.
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Mamie Locke (D-HD2) |
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Passed
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3/9/22 | ||
voting rights | HB 34 Oppose | Repeals establishment of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots.
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Absentee voting; return of absentee ballots; drop-off locations. Repeals the provisions of law providing for the establishment of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots.
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Ronnie Campbell (R-HD24) |
Passed
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PBI
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2/28/22 | ||
voting rights | HB 35 Oppose | Excuse required to vote absentee in person prior to the second Saturday preceding an election.
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Requires a registered voter to provide a reason for being absent or unable to vote at his polling place on election day in order to receive an absentee ballot to vote by mail. Registered voters offering to vote absentee in person are similarly required by the bill to provide a reason until the second Saturday immediately preceding an election, at which time an excuse is not required to vote absentee in person. The bill provides that an application for an absentee ballot is required to receive an
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Ronnie Campbell (R-HD24) |
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2/15/22 | ||
voting rights | HB 36 Oppose | Repeals permanent absentee voter list.
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Repeals the provisions of law by which any registered voter may apply to receive absentee ballots for all elections in which he is eligible to vote and remains on the list until the voter requests in writing to be removed from the list, the voter's registration is canceled or placed on inactive status pursuant to law, or the voter moves to a different address not in the same county or city of his registration.
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Ronnie Campbell (R-HD24) |
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2/15/22 |