SCS/SJR 61 - This constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, would modify the types of laws that the General Assembly may enact relating to the right of suffrage for former felons. Under current law, persons convicted of a felony may be excluded by law from voting. This amendment modifies that provision so that only persons incarcerated or on probation or parole for conviction of dangerous felonies or persons convicted of crimes related to the right of suffrage may be excluded by law from voting. Furthermore, the amendment prohibits any person on probation or parole after conviction of a felony that is not a dangerous felony or a crime that is not connected with the right of suffrage from being excluded from voting.

This amendment is similar to a provision in HJR 90 (2020).

SCOTT SVAGERA

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Senate Committee Minutes:
SENATE COMMITTEE MINUTES Bill No.: SJR 61
Sponsor: Nasheed
Hearing Date: 2/24/2020


COMMITTEE: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence

CHAIRMAN: Luetkemeyer

DATE REFERRED: 2/20/2020 DATE HEARING REQUESTED:



STAFF:
Mary Grace Bruntrager
Bradley Green
Katie O'Brien


WITNESSES GIVING INFORMATION:



WITNESSES FOR:
Bradley Cobb - Save our Sons and Urban League
Jamie Dennis - Save our Sons and Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
Wayne Taft Harris, Jr. - Expo Missouri - Ex-incarcerated People Organizing
Giles Chapman - Expo Missouri - Ex-incarcerated People Organizing
Sarah Paulsrud - Empower Missouri
Rita Lindhardt - Missouri Catholic Conference
Sharon Jones - NAACP State Conference
Sara Baker - American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri


WITNESSES AGAINST: