Voting access; modifying qualifications for convicted felons; effective date.

Added specific conditions under which felons become eligible to vote, including full service of sentences, commutations, and pardons.

Explicitly included parole and probation periods as part of the time a felon must serve before regaining voting rights.

Added eligibility provisions for individuals whose sentences were commuted or whose crimes were reclassified from felonies to misdemeanors.

Clarified the requirements for incapacitated persons, specifying that partial incapacity does not automatically disqualify them unless explicitly restricted by a court order.

Set the effective date of the act to November 1, 2026.

Added a requirement that felons must have fully served their sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, supervision, or probation, before registering to vote.

Clarified that a commutation must reduce the sentence to time served and ensure the individual is not currently on parole, supervision, or probation for the felony conviction.

Updated the list of conditions for those receiving a commutation for reclassified crimes to explicitly include incomplete terms of incarceration, remaining time not currently incarcerated, and incomplete periods of probation.

The bill title and header were updated to indicate it is now an 'Engrossed' version with additional sponsors (Lepak, Waldron, Menz, Wolfley, and Rader) added to the list of authors.

The summary of the act was slightly reworded from 'voting access' to 'voter registration' and 'convicted felons' to 'felons' to improve clarity, but the legal effect is identical.

The page numbering and request numbers at the bottom of the pages were updated to reflect the new Senate committee version.

The document header was updated from 'ENGROSSED HOUSE' to 'COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' to reflect the bill's current procedural status in the House.

Page footers were changed from 'ENGR. H. B. NO. 4113' to 'Req. No. 16788', indicating a new tracking number for the committee version.

Minor spacing adjustments were made in the header and section titles, such as adding extra spaces between 'AMENDATORY' and the statute reference.

The effective date for the new voting rules was moved from November 1, 2026, to November 1, 2025, allowing voters to register sooner.

New language was added to clarify that felons who receive a commutation reducing their sentence to time served are eligible to vote if they have no remaining time to serve and are not currently on parole, supervision, or probation.

The bill's section numbering was reorganized, and the title was updated to focus on voter registration and eligibility rather than just voting access.

The bill title was updated from 'voting access' to 'voter registration' and the description of felon qualifications was slightly rephrased for clarity.

Authorship credits were updated to include specific co-authors for both the House and Senate versions.

Minor grammatical edits were made to the eligibility criteria, such as changing 'completed a any period' to 'completed a period' and removing redundant phrases like 'any remaining they are not currently'.

The eligibility criteria for felons were slightly reworded to clarify that they must have completed incarceration, parole, or probation, or received a commutation, before voting.

A new provision was added stating that individuals adjudged as incapacitated are ineligible to register to vote, unless a court order specifically allows it.

A new provision was added allowing felons to vote if their crime was reclassified from a felony to a misdemeanor and they have no remaining sentence to serve.

The bill text was updated from its 'Introduced' draft to the 'Enrolled' final version, including the addition of sponsors' names and official signatures for the Governor and Secretary of State.