MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Workforce Development; Judiciary A

By: Representative Osborne

House Bill 813

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE DENIED EMPLOYMENT SOLELY BECAUSE HE OR SHE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1.  No person shall be denied employment solely because he or she has been convicted of a felony.

SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.