l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1609

Voting rights; restore for certain disqualifying crimes.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Constitution Committee on April 2, 2024. The 2024 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 IS OTHERWISE A QUALIFIED ELECTOR AND HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF CERTAIN DISENFRANCHISING CRIMES, EXCEPT FOR ARSON, ARMED ROBBERY, CARJACKING, EMBEZZLEMENT, BRIBERY, PERJURY, MURDER, RAPE, STATUTORY RAPE, SEXUAL BATTERY, OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE REVOKED, BUT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE RESTORED FIVE YEARS AFTER RELEASE FROM CONFINEMENT FOR THE DISQUALIFYING CRIME, OR FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF SUCH CONVICTION, WHICHEVER OCCURS LATER; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-19, 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 AND 99-19-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 97-37-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION TO THE FIREARMS PROHIBITION FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR VOTING RIGHTS RESTORED; 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

7 co-sponsors

Price Wallace, Fred Shanks, Zakiya Summers, Rickey Thompson, Carl Mickens, John G. Faulkner, Oscar Denton

Its course

February 19 to April 2, 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 action10 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 717 days

ConstitutionFeb 19 to Feb 289 days

In the SenateMar 7 to Apr 2 · stopped26 days

ConstitutionMar 21 to Apr 2 · stopped12 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 7

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 7

  1. Feb 19Referred to the House committee on Constitution
  2. Feb 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Mar 7Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Mar 7 – Apr 2

  1. Mar 7Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Yates, Wallace and Taylor)
  2. Mar 12Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Mar 13Sent to the Senate
  4. Mar 21Referred to the Senate committees on Constitution and on Judiciary, Division B
  5. Apr 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Feb 19Referred To ConstitutionHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 28Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 7Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 7AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 7Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 7Motion to Reconsider Entered (Yates, Wallace, Taylor)House of Representatives
  7. Mar 12Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 13Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 21Referred To Constitution;Judiciary, Division BSenate
  10. Apr 2Died In CommitteeSenate