Mississippi House Bill 867 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - 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.

DOC discharge plans; require explanation of disenfranchising crimes and opportunity for certain offenders to register to vote.

Rep. Tracey Rosebud [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	House	Referred To Corrections;Apportionment and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	15	47	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	7	33	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB0867.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0867IN.htm