Directs the judiciary and the paroling authority to notify the clerk of the county in which an adult citizen is located of certain information that is necessary to ensure the legitimacy of the voter rolls. Removes outdated references in the provision on the loss of voting rights for felons sentenced to imprisonment. (SD1)

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that an individual's voting rights are lost upon incarceration for a felony offense. County clerks rely on the judiciary to inform them of whether an individual may have lost voting rights. Insufficient or inconsistent information makes it difficult for clerks to positively identify individuals cited in the court reports and to remove those individuals from the voter rolls.

The purpose of this Act is to standardize the information provided by the judiciary and paroling authority to county clerks to ensure the legitimacy of the voter rolls, and to remove outdated references in the provision on the loss of voting rights for felons sentenced to imprisonment.

SECTION 2. Chapter 353, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§353-   Reports to county clerk. Whenever the paroling authority grants or revokes parole for any citizen of eighteen years of age or over, the paroling authority, in each case, shall make and promptly transmit to the clerk of the county in which the citizen resides, a certificate showing the fact of the granting or revoking of parole within twenty days after the granting or revoking of parole. The certificate shall include:

SECTION 3. Section 806-76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§806-76 Court proceedings; reports to county clerk. (a) Whenever in any circuit court, family court, or district court any citizen of eighteen years of age or over is:

the clerk of the court [shall], in each case [within ten days thereafter], shall make and promptly transmit to the clerk of [each county] the county in which the citizen is located, a certificate showing the fact of the conviction or adjudication [and a sufficient identifying description of the citizen.] within twenty days after sentencing or entry of other adjudication.

(b) The certificate shall include the citizen's:

(1) Name;

(2) Date of birth;

(3) Social security number;

(4) Any known aliases; and

(c) For a citizen convicted of any felony and sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the clerk of the county in which the citizen is located shall also be provided with copies of:

(1) The judgment of conviction and sentence; and

(2) The warrant of commitment."

SECTION 4. Section 831-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) A person sentenced for a felony, from the time of the person's sentence until the person's final discharge, may not:

SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon approval.