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2023 Regular Session

House Bill 67

Voter registration and suffrage restoration; authorize upon sentence completion and five years.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Constitution Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FULL SUFFRAGE RESTORATION TO ANY PERSON DISQUALIFIED BY REASON OF CRIMINAL CONVICTION; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE WHO SHALL BE CONSIDERED A QUALIFIED ELECTOR; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO COLLABORATE TO ENSURE VOTERS ARE PLACED BACK ON VOTER ROLLS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-213, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE TRAINING FOR ELECTIONS COMMISSIONERS TO ENSURE VOTERS WHO WERE DISENFRANCHISED ARE ALLOWED TO REGISTER TO VOTE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-223, 23-15-125, 23-15-151, 23-15-153 AND 23-15-165, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 97-39-3 AMD 99-19-37, 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.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 4 to January 31, 2023, 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 4 to Jan 31 · stopped27 days

ConstitutionJan 4 to Jan 31 · stopped27 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 4 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 4Referred to the House committees on Constitution and on Judiciary B
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 4Referred To Constitution;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives