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Last action · March 7, 2025

2nd Reading, To Rules

Introduced February 25, 2025

Senate

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

SCR89

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Kentucky Restoration of Voting Rights Task Force.

Establish the Kentucky Restoration of Voting Rights Task Force to review, study, and recommend language for a constitutional amendment or statutory change to restore voting rights to individuals with felony convictions who have completed their sentences; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025.

Elections and Voting Legislative Research Commission Studies Directed Civil Rights Reports Mandated Task Forces, Legislative Branch

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This resolution would create a task force to study how Kentucky might restore voting rights to people with felony convictions after they have finished their sentences. The task force would review the issue and recommend either a constitutional amendment or a change to state law, then submit its findings to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025. It does not change any voting rights on its own, but sets a process for lawmakers to…

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