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SENATE
FILE
2348
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2129)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
3,
2020
)
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.
Section
48A.6,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
A
person
who
has
been
convicted
of
a
felony
as
defined
3
in
section
701.7
,
or
convicted
of
an
offense
classified
as
4
a
felony
under
federal
law
,
and
who
has
not
discharged
the
5
person’s
sentence
as
provided
in
section
48A.6A
.
If
the
6
person’s
rights
are
later
restored
by
the
governor,
or
by
the
7
president
of
the
United
States,
the
person
may
register
to
8
vote.
9
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
48A.6A
Discharge
of
sentence
——
10
definition.
11
A
person
shall
not
be
considered
to
have
discharged
a
12
sentence
for
purposes
of
Article
II,
section
5,
of
the
13
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
and
section
48A.6
unless
the
14
person
has
done
all
of
the
following:
15
1.
Completed
any
term
of
confinement,
parole,
and
16
probation,
and
completed
any
special
sentence
imposed
pursuant
17
to
chapter
903B.
18
2.
For
an
offense
under
chapter
707,
the
offense
of
child
19
endangerment
resulting
in
the
death
of
a
child
or
minor
under
20
section
726.6,
or
election
misconduct
in
the
first
degree
under
21
section
39A.2,
received
a
pardon
or
restoration
of
rights
from
22
the
governor.
23
3.
Paid
all
pecuniary
damages
owed
to
a
natural
person
24
imposed
pursuant
to
chapter
910,
as
confirmed
by
the
clerk
of
25
the
court.
26
Sec.
3.
CONTINGENT
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
27
upon
the
ratification
of
a
constitutional
amendment
originating
28
in
a
resolution
passed
during
the
eighty-eighth
general
29
assembly
relating
to
the
restoration
of
the
voting
rights
of
30
felons
upon
the
discharge
of
a
criminal
sentence
pursuant
to
31
Article
X,
section
1,
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa.
32
Sec.
4.
CONTINGENT
REPEAL
DATE.
This
Act
is
repealed
if
33
a
constitutional
amendment
relating
to
the
restoration
of
34
the
voting
rights
of
felons
upon
the
discharge
of
a
criminal
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sentence
is
not
ratified
pursuant
to
Article
X,
section
1,
of
1
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
prior
to
January
1,
2023.
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