Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1097
Applications for absentee ballots; require sheriffs and police chiefs to have available for certain inmates.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-715, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE COUNTY SHERIFFS AND MUNICIPAL POLICE CHIEFS TO HAVE APPLICATIONS READILY AVAILABLE FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR PERSONS WHO ARE INCARCERATED IN PRISONS OR JAILS AND WHO HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF A DISENFRANCHISING CRIME; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 23-15-627, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2026, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Apportionment and ElectionsJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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 Jan 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
- Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives