Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Amend Constitution; offender released from prison will automatically have suffrage restored.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/20 (H) Referred To Constitution | |
| 2 | 03/09 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | No Effective Date | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Two/Thirds |
House Committee:
Principal Author: West
Title: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 241 AND SECTION 253, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO HAS LOST HIS RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE BY REASON OF HAVING BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME AND SENTENCED TO A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT SHALL HAVE HIS RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE RESTORED UPON HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON, EVEN IF HE WAS RELEASED ON PAROLE.
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