Mississippi House Bill 637 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Failed on March 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Voter Enfranchisement Joint Legislative Study Committee To Examine The Impact Of Nonviolent Offenses On Franchisement; To Study Any Potential Policy Or Law Changes That Would Provide Nonviolent Felons With The Ability To Have Their Right To Vote Restored Upon Completing All Sentencing Requirements, Any Negative Societal Effects That Fall Upon Nonviolent Felons Who Have Completed All Of Their Sentencing Requirements But Have Not Had Their Right To Vote Restored, And Any Policies And Procedures That Have Been Implemented By Other State Legislatures To Restore The Right To Vote To Nonviolent Felons Who Have Completed All Of Their Sentencing Requirements; To Require A Report To The 2020 Regular Session Of The Legislature; And For Related Purposes.

voter enfranchisement; create joint legislative study committee on.

Rep. William Denny [R]	Rep. Missy Warren McGee [R]	Rep. Kathy Sykes [D]	Rep. David Baria [D]
Rep. John Hines [D]	Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

2019-02-11 - House - House Passed (Y: 113 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-03-04	Senate	DR - TSDP: EL To RU
2019-02-26	Senate	Referred To Elections;Rules
2019-02-12	House	Transmitted To Senate
2019-02-11	House	Passed
2019-01-31	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2019-01-16	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0637.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0637IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0637PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/votes/house/0350009.pdf