Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 327
Right to vote; restore to people who committed nonviolent disqualifying crimes upon meeting certain requirements.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO HAS COMMITTED A NONVIOLENT DISQUALIFYING CRIME AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 241, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE HIS OR HER VOTE RESTORED TWO YEARS AFTER COMPLETING ALL OF THE SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 23-15-151, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 5 to January 31, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 days
Apportionment and ElectionsJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 days
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 5 – Jan 31
- Jan 5Referred to the House committees on Apportionment and Elections and on Judiciary B
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 5Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives