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2018 Regular Session

House Bill 276

Right to vote; restore to people who committed nonviolent disqualifying crimes upon meeting certain requirements.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

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, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE REMOVAL OF VOTERS CONVICTED OF VOTER FRAUD OR DISENFRANCHISING CRIMES FROM THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, 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.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 2 to January 30, 2018, 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 2 to Jan 30 · stopped28 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 2 to Jan 30 · stopped28 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 2 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 2Referred to the House committees on Apportionment and Elections and on Judiciary B
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 2Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives