Mississippi House Bill 270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-33.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Corrections To Include In An Offender's Discharge Plan Information Regarding Whether The Offender Was Convicted Of A Disenfranchising Crime; To Require The Department To Provide An Offender, Who Has Not Registered To Vote, With A Mail-in Voter Registration Application To Provide The Offender With An Opportunity To Become A Registered Voter Within This State Under Certain Circumstances; To Amend Section 23-15-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Secretary Of State To Provide The Department Of Corrections With Mail-in Voter Registration Applications Which May Be Provided To Certain Offenders Who Will Be Returning To The Community; And For Related Purposes.

Department of Corrections discharge plans; require explanation of disenfranchising crimes and provide opportunity for offenders to become registered voters.

Rep. Tracey Rosebud [D]

Rep. Otis Anthony [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-01-27	House	Referred To Corrections;Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0270.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0270IN.htm