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Alabama · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 153: Restoration of Voting Rights; notification to convicted individuals seeking restoration; Pardons and Paroles Board required to notify individuals and Secretary of State when voting rights restored

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 153 is a bill introduced in the Alabama Senate on February 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Restoration of Voting Rights; notification to convicted individuals seeking restoration; Pardons and Paroles Board required to notify individuals and Secretary of State when voting rights restored. Primary sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 1, 2025): Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Elections, Voting, & Campaigns

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Linda Coleman-MadisonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate20

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
  2. Judiciary 1st Amendment (Judiciary)
  3. Reported Out of Committee Second House (Judiciary)
  4. Third Reading in House of Origin
  5. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 659
  6. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary
  7. Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
  8. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
  9. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
  10. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary
  11. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source