SSB 1224 (LSB 2758XC (4) 88)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ZAUN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the restoration of voting rights to certain convicted persons and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  914.8  Discharge of sentence —— defined.
   A person shall not be considered to have discharged a sentence for purposes of Article II, section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa unless the person has paid all restitution, court costs, fines, surcharges, or penalties the person owes as a result of the person’s conviction and has been removed from the sex offender registry established in chapter 692A.
    Sec. 2.  CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect upon the ratification of the constitutional amendment contained in House Study Bill 68 or Senate Study Bill 1046 of the eighty-eighth general assembly pursuant to Article X, section 1, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa.
    Sec. 3.  CONTINGENT REPEAL.  This Act is repealed if the constitutional amendment contained in House Study Bill 68 or Senate Study Bill 1046 of the eighty-eighth general assembly is not ratified pursuant to Article X, section 1, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa prior to January 1, 2023.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the definition of a discharge of a criminal sentence for the purposes of the automatic restoration of a convicted person’s voting rights pursuant to the constitutional amendment contained in House Study Bill 68 and Senate Study Bill 1046 of the 88th general assembly. If the constitutional amendment contained in either bill is ratified by the electors pursuant to Article X, section 1, of the Iowa Constitution, the bill becomes effective and defines the discharge of a criminal sentence as including the payment of all restitution, court costs, fines, surcharges, or penalties the person owes as a result of the person’s conviction and removal from the sex offender registry established in Code chapter 692A. The bill is repealed if the constitutional amendment contained in House Study Bill 68 or Senate Study Bill 1046 of the 88th general assembly is not ratified prior to January 1, 2023.