Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Constitution Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2017
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 HAS 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 15 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 SenateJan 15 to Mar 5 · stopped50 days
ConstitutionJan 15 to Mar 5 · stopped50 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 15 – Mar 5
- Jan 15Referred to the Senate committees on Constitution and on Judiciary, Division B
- Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To Constitution;Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate