Assembly member Kevin McCarty’s Assembly constitutional Amendment 6 passed out of the California State Senate on June 24, 2020.

The bill, known as the Free the Vote Act, will be placed on the ballot for voter approval in the 2020 November election to restore voting rights to former inmates who are free from incarceration but still on parole.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 or ACA 6 passed out of the Senate with a 28-9 vote.

It’s been a long road for ACA 6 since it first passed out of the California Assembly with bipartisan support back in August 2019.

ACA 6 is sponsored by the California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and jointly authored by Assembly members Dr. Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), and Rob Bonta (D-Oakland).