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S00440Introduced in the Senate

Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.

IntroducedSenate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

Introduced by Zellnor Myrie, District 20

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Official description

Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.

Where it stands

PRINT NUMBER 440A

June 2, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Elections Committee Vote · April 21, 2026

5

Yes

2

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

7 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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SenatorDistrictVote
Zellnor Myrie20Yes
Brian Kavanagh27Yes
Shelley Mayer37Yes
Mark Walczyk49No
Samra Brouk55Yes
George Borrello57No
Kristen Gonzalez59Yes

Bill history

  1. REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

  2. REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

  3. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

  4. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

  5. PRINT NUMBER 440A

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