l9n/ Oregon

2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 579

Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ways and Means Committee on June 25, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated. <b>Provides that person does not forfeit and may not be deprived of right to vote while incarcerated.</b> Specifies that person's residence is where person resided prior to incarceration. <b>Becomes operative June 1, 2026.</b>

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

3 co-sponsors

Janeen Sollman, Wlnsvey Campos, Lew Frederick

In the House of Representatives

    3 co-sponsors

    Travis Nelson, Rob Nosse, Khanh Pham

    Its course

    January 9 to June 25, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action9 actions on 6 days

    In the SenateJan 9 to Jun 25 · stopped167 days

    Waiting for a committeeJan 9 to Jan 145 days

    JudiciaryJan 14 to Mar 1560 days

    Ways and MeansMar 15 to Jun 25 · stopped102 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Mar 15

    Text

    Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 9 – Jun 25

    1. Jan 9Introduced
    2. Jan 14Sent to Judiciary
    3. Jan 26Heard in Judiciary
    4. Mar 9Heard in Judiciary
    5. Mar 15Judiciary recommended it as amended
    6. Sent to Ways and Means
    7. Jun 25Died when the session ended
    All 9 actions, as published
    1. Jan 9Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
    2. Jan 14Referred to Judiciary, then Ways and Means.Senate
    3. Jan 26Public Hearing held.Senate
    4. Mar 9Work Session held.Senate
    5. Mar 15Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and refer to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng).Senate
    6. Mar 15Minority Recommendation: Do pass with different amendments, Be Printed Engrossed and rescind subsequent referral to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
    7. Mar 15Rescission of the subsequent referral denied by Order of the President.Senate
    8. Mar 15Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.Senate
    9. Jun 25In committee upon adjournment.Senate