Mississippi House Bill 1117

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 99-19-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Automatic Expungement Of Misdemeanors; To Amend Sections 9-11-15 And 21-23-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Amend Sections 99-15-26 And 99-15-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Appropriate Court To Automatically Expunge The Record Of Any Cases In Which An Arrest Was Made, The Person Arrested Was Released And The Case Was Dismissed Or The Charges Were Dropped, There Was No Disposition Of Such Case, Or The Person Was Found Not Guilty At Trial; To Amend Section 45-27-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Law Enforcement Agencies To Report Such Expungements To The Mississippi Justice Information Center; To Bring Forward Sections 45-27-5 And 45-27-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulate Duties Of The Mississippi Justice Information Center, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 99-19-72, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides A Fee Schedule For Expungement Petitions, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Misdemeanor crimes; require automatic expungement of.

Rep. Fabian Nelson [D]

Rep. Timaka James-Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2025-01-20	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
21	23	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text
45	27	21	New Code	See Bill Text
45	27	5	New Code	See Bill Text
45	27	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	11	15	Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	15	26	Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	15	59	Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	19	71	Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	19	72	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1117.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1117IN.htm