l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1445

Expungement and voting rights; bring forward sections regulating.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Constitution Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 99-19-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR PETITIONS FOR EXPUNGEMENT, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 9-11-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZE JUSTICE COURTS TO EXPUNGE CONVICTIONS OF CERTAIN FIRST TIME OFFENDERS, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 21-23-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE MINOR NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 45-27-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REGULATES THE MISSISSIPPI CRIMINAL INFORMATION CENTER, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 99-15-26 AND 99-15-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORDS OF ANY CASE IN WHICH CHARGES ARE DISMISSED, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 99-19-72, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES PETITION FEES FOR EXPUNCTION, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 47-5-28, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 45-27-7, 45-34-3, 45-1-45, AND 45-27-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 45-27-11 AND 45-34-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-11, 23-15-19, 23-15-125, 23-15-151, 23-15-153, 23-15-165 AND 97-39-3, WHICH REGULATE QUALIFIED ELECTORS AND VOTING RIGHTS, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE A MINOR, NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGE; 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

February 19 to March 5, 2024, 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 RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days

ConstitutionFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 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 Feb 19 – Mar 5

  1. Referred to the House committees on Constitution and on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published