Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2126
Restoration of the Right to Vote Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE RESTORATION OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO BEEN CONVICTED OF VOTE FRAUD, OF ANY CRIME LISTED IN SECTION 241, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, OR OF ANY CRIME INTERPRETED AS DISENFRANCHISING IN LATER ATTORNEY GENERAL OR JUDICIAL OPINIONS IS OTHERWISE A QUALIFIED ELECTOR, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE SUSPENDED UPON CONVICTION BUT SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE AUTOMATICALLY RESTORED ONCE HE OR SHE HAS SATISFIED ALL OF THE SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONVICTION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-11, 23-15-19, 23-15-125, 23-15-151, 23-15-153 AND 23-15-165, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 9 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 SenateJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 days
Judiciary, Division BJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 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 Jan 9 – Jan 31
- Jan 9Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 9Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate