l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 87

Voter registration; authorize upon completion of sentence.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 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 ELECTION 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 AND 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 10 to February 4, 2025, 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 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 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 10 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 10Referred to the House committees on Apportionment and Elections and on Judiciary B
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives