Senate
Study
Bill
1224
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
ZAUN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
restoration
of
voting
rights
to
certain
1
convicted
persons
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
914.8
Discharge
of
sentence
——
1
defined.
2
A
person
shall
not
be
considered
to
have
discharged
a
3
sentence
for
purposes
of
Article
II,
section
5,
of
the
4
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
unless
the
person
has
paid
5
all
restitution,
court
costs,
fines,
surcharges,
or
penalties
6
the
person
owes
as
a
result
of
the
person’s
conviction
and
has
7
been
removed
from
the
sex
offender
registry
established
in
8
chapter
692A.
9
Sec.
2.
CONTINGENT
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
10
upon
the
ratification
of
the
constitutional
amendment
contained
11
in
House
Study
Bill
68
or
Senate
Study
Bill
1046
of
the
12
eighty-eighth
general
assembly
pursuant
to
Article
X,
section
13
1,
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa.
14
Sec.
3.
CONTINGENT
REPEAL.
This
Act
is
repealed
if
the
15
constitutional
amendment
contained
in
House
Study
Bill
68
or
16
Senate
Study
Bill
1046
of
the
eighty-eighth
general
assembly
17
is
not
ratified
pursuant
to
Article
X,
section
1,
of
the
18
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
prior
to
January
1,
2023.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
relates
to
the
definition
of
a
discharge
of
a
23
criminal
sentence
for
the
purposes
of
the
automatic
restoration
24
of
a
convicted
person’s
voting
rights
pursuant
to
the
25
constitutional
amendment
contained
in
House
Study
Bill
68
and
26
Senate
Study
Bill
1046
of
the
88th
general
assembly.
If
the
27
constitutional
amendment
contained
in
either
bill
is
ratified
28
by
the
electors
pursuant
to
Article
X,
section
1,
of
the
Iowa
29
Constitution,
the
bill
becomes
effective
and
defines
the
30
discharge
of
a
criminal
sentence
as
including
the
payment
of
31
all
restitution,
court
costs,
fines,
surcharges,
or
penalties
32
the
person
owes
as
a
result
of
the
person’s
conviction
and
33
removal
from
the
sex
offender
registry
established
in
Code
34
chapter
692A.
The
bill
is
repealed
if
the
constitutional
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amendment
contained
in
House
Study
Bill
68
or
Senate
Study
1
Bill
1046
of
the
88th
general
assembly
is
not
ratified
prior
2
to
January
1,
2023.
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