Sonya Harper
- Democratic
- Representative
- District 6
Primary
Creates the Re-Entering Citizens Civics Education Act. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide a nonpartisan peer-led civics program throughout the correctional institutions of the State to teach civics to soon-to-be released citizens who will be re-entering society. Provides for the curriculum and eligibility for the program. Provides that the program shall be taught by peer educators who are citizens incarcerated in the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice facilities and specially trained by experienced peer educators and established nonpartisan civic organizations. Provides that the nonpartisan civic organizations shall provide adequate training to peer educators on matters including, but not limited to, voting rights, governmental institutions, current affairs, and simulations of voter registration, election, and democratic processes, and shall provide periodic updates to program content and to peer educators. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules to carry out the Act within 6 months after the effective date of the Act. Provides that the funding for the voting rights and registration peer education program shall be subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Contains provisions regarding funding for the program. Effective January 1, 2020. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that the civic education program must be offered by the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice to prisoners scheduled to be discharged within 12 months (rather than 6 months). Provides that established nonpartisan civic organizations may be assisted by area political science or civics educators at colleges, universities, and high schools and by nonpartisan organizations providing re-entry services. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice should aim to include the peer reeducation workshop in conjunction with other pre-release procedures and movements. Adds references to "or superintendents" wherever "wardens" appear in the engrossed bill.
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0441
Effective Date January 1, 2020
Governor Approved
Sent to the Governor
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 113-001-000
Passed Both Houses
House Concurs
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Appropriations-Public Safety Committee; 012-000-000
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Appropriations-Public Safety Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Sonya M. Harper
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
Arrived in House
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Peters
Recalled to Second Reading
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 010-000-000
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert Peters
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
Second Reading
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), this amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments.
Do Pass Criminal Law; 010-000-000
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert Peters
Postponed - Criminal Law
Assigned to Criminal Law
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
Referred to Assignments
First Reading
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-009-001
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
Arrive in Senate
Second Reading - Short Debate
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Public Safety Committee; 010-000-000
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
Assigned to Appropriations-Public Safety Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper
Referred to Rules Committee
First Reading
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