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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1661

State Suffrage Restoration Panel; create as an alternate process to having right to vote restored.

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 CREATE THE STATE SUFFRAGE RESTORATION PANEL; TO ESTABLISH AN ALTERNATE METHOD TO THAT PROVIDED BY SECTION 253 OF THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890 FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO BE RESTORED TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES; TO PRESCRIBE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PANEL; TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR A PERSON TO BE GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE; TO PROVIDE THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE PANEL CONSIDERS AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE; TO CLARIFY THAT A PERSON MAY STILL SEEK TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE RESTORED THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS; TO REQUIRE JAILS AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO POST MATERIALS ABOUT PROCEDURES TO HAVING ONE'S RIGHT TO VOTE RESTORED; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE QUALIFIED PERSONS GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE TO BE REGISTERED; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRAR TO REGISTER QUALIFIED PERSONS WHO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-151, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 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

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives