2026 Regular Session
HB115
Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Requiring by January 1, 2028, the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to jointly develop and implement certain procedures and a certain electronic transmission process for the restoration of voter registration for individuals released from incarceration at a State correctional facility; requiring the Department to transmit a list that includes the name and certain other information for individuals released from incarceration to the State Board of Elections on a monthly basis; etc.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 18, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 743324/1 (Delegate Grammer) Rejected
Failed
33 yea–97 nay · 7 not voting · 4 absent
March 18, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
100 yea–33 nay · 3 not voting · 5 absent
April 8, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
30 yea–13 nay · 1 not voting · 3 absent
Committee referrals
March 19, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
January 14, 2026 · House
Government, Labor, and Elections
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 428
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House Returned Passed
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Senate Third Reading Passed (30-13) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Adopted
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Senate Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (100-33)
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Floor Amendment {743324/1 (Delegate Grammer) Rejected (33-97)
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House Motion Special Order until 03/18 (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments {853623/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Pre-filed