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2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2449

Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO CERTAIN PERSONS DISQUALIFIED BY REASON OF CONVICTION OF A DISENFRANCHISING CRIME; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH PERSONS SHALL BE ENFRANCHISED AFTER COMPLETING THE TERM OF INCARCERATION AND PAROLE OR UPON THE IMPOSITION OF A PROBATION-ONLY SENTENCE FOR SUCH CRIMES; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE REMOVAL OF A PERSON'S NAME FROM THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UNLESS THE PERSON IS SERVING A TERM OF INCARCERATION OR PAROLE FOR A DISENFRANCHISING CRIME AT THE TIME OF REMOVAL; TO PROVIDE THAT A COURT'S CERTIFICATION OF A CONVICTION FOR PURPOSES OF REMOVAL FROM THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MUST INDICATE THE TYPE OF SENTENCE IMPOSED; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-151, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CIRCUIT CLERK'S ENROLLMENT BOOK LISTING THE NAMES OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF DISENFRANCHISING CRIMES MUST BE UPDATED TO EXCLUDE THE NAMES OF THOSE PERSONS ENFRANCHISED UNDER THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-125 AND 23-15-153, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE VOTER ROLL AND POLLBOOKS MUST BE UPDATED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-39 AND 23-15-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL ADOPT VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS WHICH STATE THAT A PERSON RESTORED THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE UNDER THIS ACT IS NOT DISQUALIFIED FROM REGISTERING TO VOTE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-213, 23-15-223 AND 23-15-239, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT TRAINING FOR ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, REGISTRARS AND POLL MANAGERS WHICH WILL INSTRUCT THEM ON THEIR DUTIES WITH REGARD TO PERSONS RESTORED THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE UNDER THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-165, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL UPDATE THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN A MANNER THAT WILL ALLOW LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS TO VERIFY WHETHER A PERSON HAS A DISQUALIFYING CONVICTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 23-15-573, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THE PROCEDURE FOR CASTING AN AFFIDAVIT BALLOT, FOR PURPOSES 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 Senate

Its course

February 14 to March 3, 2020, 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 SenateFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days

ElectionsFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 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 Senate Feb 14 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 14Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Constitution
  2. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 14Referred To Elections;ConstitutionSenate
  2. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate