l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 1054

Voter enfranchisement; create joint legislative study committee on.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE VOTER ENFRANCHISEMENT JOINT LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF NONVIOLENT OFFENSES ON FRANCHISEMENT; TO STUDY ANY POTENTIAL POLICY OR LAW CHANGES THAT WOULD PROVIDE NONVIOLENT FELONS WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE RESTORED UPON COMPLETING ALL SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS; ANY NEGATIVE SOCIETAL EFFECTS THAT FALL UPON NONVIOLENT FELONS WHO HAS COMPLETED ALL OF THEIR SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS BUT HAVE NOT HAD THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE RESTORED; AND ANY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY OTHER STATE LEGISLATURES TO RESTORE THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO NONVIOLENT FELONS WHO HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF THEIR SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS; TO REQUIRE A REPORT TO THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

3 co-sponsors

Rob Roberson, Thomas U. Reynolds, Kathy Sykes

Its course

January 16 to February 28, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action8 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 722 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 16 to Jan 237 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Feb 28 · stopped21 days

ElectionsFeb 20 to Feb 28 · stopped8 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 7

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 16 – Feb 7

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Jan 23Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 7Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 13 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 13Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 20Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Rules
  3. Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 23Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 7Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 7AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 7Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 13Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 20Referred To Elections;RulesSenate
  8. Feb 28Died In CommitteeSenate