Mississippi House Bill 1446

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22)
Status: Failed on February 3 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The "robert G. Clark, Jr., Voting Rights Act Of Mississippi"; To Declare Certain Findings; To Define Certain Terms; To Prohibit Political Subdivisions And State Agencies From Engaging In Voter Suppression; To Create The Mississippi Voting Rights Commission And Provide For Its Membership; To Require The Implementation Of Certain Policies By Political Subdivisions To Be Precleared By The Commission; To Establish Protections For Limited English Proficient Individuals And Voters With Disabilities; To Require The Commission To Establish, In Agreement With Certain State Universities, The Mississippi Voting And Elections Database And Institute; To Prohibit Acts Of Intimidation, Deception And Obstruction That Affect Voters' Right To Participate In Elections; To Require Political Subdivisions To Provide Advance Notice Of Changes To Election Policies; To Require Laws And Regulations Of The State And Political Subdivisions To Be Liberally Construed; To Authorize Aggrieved Individuals And The Attorney General To Bring Actions For Violations Under The Act; And For Related Purposes.

Robert G. Clark, Jr., Voting Rights Act of Mississippi; create.

Rep. Zakiya Summers [D]	Rep. Ronnie Crudup [D]	Rep. Kabir Karriem [D]	Rep. Otis Anthony [D]
Rep. Fabian Nelson [D]	Rep. Omeria Scott [D]	Rep. Bo Brown [D]	Rep. Percy Watson [D]
Rep. Earle Banks [D]	Rep. Robert Johnson [D]	Rep. Bryant Clark [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Hulum [D]
Rep. John Hines [D]	Rep. Justin Crosby [D]	Rep. Jeramey Anderson [D]	Rep. Hester Jackson-McCray [D]
Rep. Timaka James-Jones [D]	Rep. Tamarra Butler-Washington [D]	Rep. Gregory Elliott [D]	Rep. Daryl Porter [D]
Rep. Rickey Thompson [D]	Rep. John Faulkner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2026-01-16	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1446.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1446IN.htm