Passed by the Senate February 25, 2019 Yeas 37 Nays 12
President of the Senate Passed by the House April 9, 2019 Yeas 76 Nays 21
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5207 as passed by Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
Secretary Secretary |
Approved | FILED |
| Secretary of State State of Washington |
SENATE BILL 5207
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2019 Regular Session |
BySenators Dhingra, Hunt, Saldaña, Darneille, Das, Cleveland, Kuderer, Pedersen, Salomon, Nguyen, Rolfes, Hasegawa, Keiser, and Randall
Read first time 01/16/19.Referred to Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections.
AN ACT Relating to notification of felony voting rights and restoration; and adding a new section to chapter
72.09 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter
72.09 RCW to read as follows:
The department shall notify an inmate, in writing, of the process for provisional and permanent restoration of voting rights, as described in RCW
29A.08.520, prior to the termination of authority of the department over the inmate. The department shall also provide the inmate with:
(1) A voter registration form and written instructions for returning the form by mail; and
(2) Written information regarding registering to vote in person and electronically.
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