l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1424

Voting rights; require certain offenders to take voter education course and automatically restore voting right upon release from MDOC.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO DEVELOP A VOTER EDUCATION COURSE FOR OFFENDERS; TO REQUIRE OFFENDERS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF VOTE FRAUD OR A DISENFRANCHING CRIME TO SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE THE COURSE AS A CONDITION OF RELEASE; 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 VOTE FRAUD, OF ANY CRIME LISTED IN SECTION 241, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, OR OF ANY CRIME INTERPRETED AS DISENFRANCHISING IN LATER ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE AUTOMATICALLY RESTORED ONCE HE OR SHE HAS SATISFIED ALL OF THE SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONVICTION AND BEEN RELEASED FROM THE CUSTODY OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; 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; 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 16 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 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 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 16 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committees on Apportionment and Elections and on Judiciary B
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives