Mississippi House Bill 974 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
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 23-15-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Only Those Specific Crimes Listed In Section 241, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, Shall Be Disenfranchising; To Prohibit The Attorney General From Interpreting, Through Opinion Or Otherwise, Any Crime Other Than Those Listed In Section 241, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, As Disenfranchising; To Provide That No Person Who Lost The Right To Vote Because He Or She Was Convicted Of Any Crime Interpreted As Disenfranchising In An Attorney General Opinion Shall Continue To Be Disenfranchised; To Amend Sections 23-15-11 And 23-15-151, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Bring Forward Section 97-39-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Disenfranchising crimes; clarify those that qualify as.

Rep. Kabir Karriem [D]	Rep. Cheikh Taylor [D]	Rep. Omeria Scott [D]	Rep. Abe Hudson [D]
Rep. Solomon Osborne [D]	Rep. Zakiya Summers [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-14	House	Referred To Judiciary B;Constitution

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0974.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0974IN.htm