Bill Text: MS HB1469 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Judge; require felony conviction orders to inform as to status as a qualified elector.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB1469 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-HB1469-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representatives Wooten, Bailey, Baker (74th), Blackmon, Buck (5th), Burnett, Flaggs, Fredericks, Hines, Holloway, Huddleston (30th), Jones (82nd), Lane, Middleton, Robinson, Thomas, Watson
House Bill 1469
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT JUDGES SHALL INFORM PERSONS CONVICTED OF FELONIES REGARDING THE EFFECT SUCH CONVICTION HAS ON THE PERSON'S STATUS AS A QUALIFIED ELECTOR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Whenever a judge enters an order convicting any person for a felony which does or does not disqualify such person from being a qualified elector as provided in Section 241, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, the judge shall explain in the order the crimes which cause a person to be disqualified as a qualified elector and the steps that a person convicted of a disqualified crime must take in order to have suffrage restored and be a qualified elector.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
