Mississippi House Bill 788

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-1)
Status: Failed on March 3 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-573, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Voter Was Not A Registered Voter In The Jurisdiction In Which He Or She Tried To Vote But Was Otherwise Eligible To Vote In The Jurisdiction Where He Or She Tried To Vote, The Voter's Affidavit Ballot Shall Be Used As His Or Her Registration To Vote; To Amend Section 23-15-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Casting Of A Valid Affidavit Ballot May Serve As A Written Request To Transfer Voting Precincts Or Wards; To Amend Section 23-15-152, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Voter Who Was Mailed A Confirmation Notice And Placed On Inactive Status In The Statewide Elections Management System Casts An Affidavit Ballot, He Or She Shall Be Returned To Active Status In The Statewide Elections Management System; And For Related Purposes.

Affidavit ballot; allow to serve as voter registration in certain situations.

Rep. Timaka James-Jones [D]	Rep. Gregory Holloway [D]	Rep. Cheikh Taylor [D]	Rep. Oscar Denton [D]
Rep. Cedric Burnett [D]	Rep. Tamarra Butler-Washington [D]	Rep. Bryant Clark [D]	Rep. Ronnie Crudup [D]
Rep. Gregory Elliott [D]	Rep. John Faulkner [D]	Rep. Stephanie Foster [D]	Rep. Justis Gibbs [D]
Rep. John Hines [D]	Rep. Lataisha Jackson [D]	Rep. Robert Johnson [D]	Rep. Carl Mickens [D]
Rep. Fabian Nelson [D]	Rep. Solomon Osborne [D]	Rep. Jansen Owen [R]	Rep. Daryl Porter [D]
Rep. Robert Sanders [D]	Rep. Kenji Holloway [D]	Rep. Zakiya Summers [D]	Rep. Otis Anthony [D]
Rep. Omeria Scott [D]

2026-02-04 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 116 N: 4 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2026-02-17	Senate	Referred To Elections
2026-02-05	House	Transmitted To Senate
2026-02-04	House	Passed As Amended
2026-02-04	House	Amended
2026-01-22	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2026-01-16	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	15	13	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	152	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	573	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0788.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0788IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0788PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/ham/HB0788_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/votes/house/0300014.pdf