Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi HB793: Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all of the sentencing requirements of a conviction.
Status: Failed, February 3, 2026
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS OTHERWISE A QUALIFIED ELECTOR AND HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF VOTE FRAUD, OF ANY CRIME LISTED IN SECTION 241, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, OR OF ANY CRIME INTERPRETED AS DISENFRANCHISING IN LATER ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE SUSPENDED UPON CONVICTION BUT SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE AUTOMATICALLY RESTORED ONCE HE OR SHE HAS SATISFIED ALL OF THE SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONVICTION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-19, 23-15-125, 23-15-151, 23-15-153 AND 23-15-165, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 97-39-3 AND 99-19-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 23-15-11, mississippi code of 1972, to provide that a person who is otherwise a qualified elector and has been convicted of vote fraud, of any crime listed in section 241, mississippi constitution of 1890, or of any crime interpreted as disenfranchising in later attorney general opinions, shall have his or her right to vote suspended upon conviction but shall have his or her right to vote automatically restored once he or she has satisfied all of the sentencing requirements of the conviction…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS OTHERWISE A QUALIFIED ELECTOR AND HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF VOTE FRAUD, OF ANY CRIME LISTED IN SECTION 241, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, OR OF ANY CRIME INTERPRETED AS DISENFRANCHISING IN LATER ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE SUSPENDED UPON CONVICTION BUT SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE AUTOMATICALLY RESTORED ONCE HE OR SHE HAS SATISFIED ALL OF THE SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONVICTION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-19, 23-15-125, 23-15-151, 23-15-153 AND 23-15-165, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 97-39-3 AND 99-19-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 23-15-11. (1) Every inhabitant of this state, except persons adjudicated to be non compos mentis, shall be a qualified elector in and for the county, municipality and voting precinct of his or her residence and shall be entitled to vote at any election upon compliance with Section 23-15-563, if he or she: (a) * * * Is a citizen of the United States of America * * *; *HR31/R707* H. …