Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2212
Elections; repeal ban on convicted felons voting or running for office.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REPEAL ANY BAN ON CONVICTED FELONS VOTING OR RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 23-15-19 AND 23-15-151, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRE THAT ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF VOTE FRAUD OR ANY DISENFRANCHISING CRIME SHALL NOT BE REGISTERED, OR SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-11, 23-15-153, 23-15-221, 23-15-299, 23-15-309, 23-15-359 AND 23-15-361, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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 14 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 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 days
ElectionsJan 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 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.