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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 413

Voting rights and expungement; person may have voting rights restored and certain felony records expunged after five years.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT 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 CERTAIN DISENFRANCHISING CRIMES, EXCEPT FOR ARSON, ARMED ROBBERY, CARJACKING, EMBEZZLEMENT, MURDER, RAPE, OR STATUTORY RAPE, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE REVOKED, BUT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AUTOMATICALLY RESTORED AFTER HE OR SHE HAS SATISFIED ALL OF THE SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONVICTION; 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; TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO IS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN, WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF CERTAIN FELONIES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE HIS OR HER RECORD AUTOMATICALLY EXPUNGED FIVE YEARS AFTER COMPLETION OF ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH CONVICTION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 45-27-7, 45-27-21 AND 45-34-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT THE CIRCUIT CLERK, UPON THE ENTERING OF AN ORDER OF EXPUNCTION, FORWARD A CERTIFIED COPY OF SUCH ORDER TO THE MISSISSIPPI CRIMINAL INFORMATION CENTER AT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO REMOVE SUCH PERSON'S CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION, CONVICTION INFORMATION, AND DISPOSITION FORM FROM THE MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL CRIMINAL DATABASE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF RECEIVING A CERTIFIED COPY OF SUCH ORDER OF EXPUNCTION; TO AMEND SECTION 97-37-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION TO THE FIREARMS PROHIBITION FOR PERSONS WHO RECEIVE AN ORDER OF EXPUNCTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 45-1-45, 45-27-9, 45-27-11 AND 45-34-5, 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

Its course

January 12 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 12 to Feb 3 · stopped22 days

Judiciary BJan 12 to Feb 3 · stopped22 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 12 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 12Referred to the House committees on Judiciary B and on Constitution
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12Referred To Judiciary B;ConstitutionHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives