Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2216
Ease Access to Suffrage (EASE) Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE EASE ACCESS TO SUFFRAGE (EASE) ACT; TO ESTABLISH THE EASE ACCESS TO SUFFRAGE PROGRAM WITHIN THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM SHALL BE TO PUBLISH THE CRITERIA FOR THE RESTORATION OF SUFFRAGE IN MISSISSIPPI, TO CREATE A PUBLIC PORTAL FOR APPLICATIONS, TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE SUFFRAGE RESTORATION PROCESS AND TO ENSURE THAT A PERSON'S RIGHT TO VOTE IS FULLY RESTORED FOR THE NEXT ELECTION AFTER THE RESTORATION OF THE RIGHT BY THE LEGISLATURE UNDER ARTICLE 12, SECTION 253 OF THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890; TO SET FORTH CERTAIN CRITERIA FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE RIGHT TO SUFFRAGE; TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION TO CREATE A PUBLIC PORTAL FOR APPLICATIONS; TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PROGRAM THROUGH A MEDIA CAMPAIGN; TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO COORDINATE WITH CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE IN DETERMINING THE CRITERIA FOR THE RESTORATION OF SUFFRAGE AND THE PROGRAM; TO AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROMULGATE RULES OR REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER THIS SECTION; TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROMULGATE CLEAR RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT A PERSON'S RIGHT TO VOTE IS FULLY RESTORED FOR THE NEXT ELECTION AFTER THE RESTORATION OF SUFFRAGE UNDER ARTICLE 12, SECTION 253 OF THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890; 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.