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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania Bill Directs State Agencies to Contact Incarcerated Veterans About Voter Registration Before Release
Last action · March 13, 2025: Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, March 13, 2025Sponsors: Joe Webster and 6 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania state agencies are required to track incarcerated veterans and encourage voter registration among veterans under a new bill amending Titles 51 and 61. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs must contact veterans listed as incarcerated before release, and the Department of Corrections must transmit names and addresses of confined veterans to county directors of veterans affairs at least 30 days prior to discharge.
Incarcerated veterans nearing release will receive direct voter registration outreach, and county directors of veterans affairs will obtain their contact information in advance to assist with reintegration and civic participation.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
incarcerated veterans
Their names and addresses will be transmitted to county veteran directors prior to release, and they will receive outreach encouraging voter registration.
county directors of veterans affairs
They will receive contact lists of confined veterans at least 30 days before discharge.
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
The department is assigned new duties to contact listed veterans regarding voter registration and assist with educational and career training coordination.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Mar 13, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, March 13, 2025
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Modernization of Training Terminology
The bill systematically updates older references to 'vocational training' to 'career and technical training' within military affairs statutes.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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