Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2048
Suffrage; restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions for individuals convicted of nonviolent crimes.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT"; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO WAS DISQUALIFIED AS AN ELECTOR FOR THE COMMISSION OF NONVIOLENT FELONIOUS CRIMES SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE RESTORED AUTOMATICALLY UPON COMPLETION OF THE SENTENCE, PAYMENT OF ALL FINES AND RESTITUTION AND A SEVEN-YEAR NONOFFENDING PERIOD FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-11 AND 23-15-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 8 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 SenateJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 days
ElectionsJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 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 Senate Jan 8 – Feb 3
- Jan 8Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Constitution
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 8Referred To Elections;ConstitutionSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate