2026 Regular Session Robert G. Clark, Jr., Voting Rights Act of Mississippi; enact. AN ACT TO CREATE THE ROBERT G. CLARK, JR., VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF MISSISSIPPI; TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS; TO PROHIBIT VOTER SUPPRESSION AND VOTE DILUTION; TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI VOTING RIGHTS COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE THE CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS FOR NOMINATING A PERSON AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE HOW MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE SELECTED; TO PROVIDE HOW THE COMMISSION WILL DETERMINE PRECLEARANCE FOR COVERED POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING PRECLEARANCE; TO ESTABLISH PROTECTIONS FOR VOTERS WHO ARE CLASSIFIED AS LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT AND/OR DISABLED; TO PROVIDE WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR COVERED INDIVIDUALS IN A PROTECTED CLASS; TO PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK TO ESTABLISH THE STATE VOTING AND ELECTIONS DATABASE AND INSTITUTE; TO PROVIDE THE MISSION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DATABASE AND INSTITUTE; TO PROHIBIT INTIMIDATION, DECEPTION OR OBSTRUCTIONS THAT WOULD AFFECT THE RIGHTS OF VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS; TO REQUIRE PUBLIC NOTICE OF VOTING-RELATED CHANGES, SUCH AS GOVERNMENT BOUNDARIES, METHODS OF ELECTIONS OR DISTRICT MAPS; TO PROVIDE GROUNDS FOR ENFORCEMENT, ESTABLISH VENUE AND PROVIDE REMEDIES FOR LEGAL ACTIONS FILED UNDER RIGHTS ESTABLISHED BY THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 02/17/26 at 10:59 S B 2582 Senate Bill 2582 SB 2582 S Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2026 Elections T ../../Senate_cmtes/EL.xml DuPree ../../Senate_authors/DuPree.xml Blount ../../Senate_authors/Blount.xml Butler ../../Senate_authors/Butler.xml Simmons (12th) ../../Senate_authors/Simmons_(12th).xml Mumford ../../Senate_authors/Mumford.xml Gillespie Isom ../../Senate_authors/Gillespie_Isom.xml Frazier ../../Senate_authors/Frazier.xml Hickman ../../Senate_authors/Hickman.xml Norwood ../../Senate_authors/Norwood.xml Turner-Ford ../../Senate_authors/Turner-Ford.xml Pope ../../Senate_authors/Pope.xml Barnett ../../Senate_authors/Barnett.xml Jackson ../../Senate_authors/Jackson.xml Thomas ../../Senate_authors/Thomas.xml Blackmon ../../Senate_authors/Blackmon.xml Brumfield ../../Senate_authors/Brumfield.xml Simmons (13th) ../../Senate_authors/Simmons_(13th).xml 1 01/19 (S) Referred To Elections 2 02/03 (S) Died In Committee ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/SB/2500-2599/SB2582IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2582IN.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/SB/2500-2599/SB2582IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2582IN.htm N ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/fiscalnotes/SB2582.pdf