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MS HC33

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Failed

3/3/2020

Primary Sponsor

Kabir Karriem

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Origin

House of Representatives

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Proposes automatic restoration of voting rights to persons disqualified by nonviolent crimes after 5 years from completion of sentence, probation, and/or restitution payment.
  • Maintains existing requirement that legislature vote by two-thirds majority of both houses to restore voting rights for persons convicted of violent crimes.
  • Directs Secretary of State to submit the proposed amendment to qualified electors at the November 2020 general election.
  • Provides ballot explanation stating the amendment restores suffrage automatically for nonviolent offenses while violent crime restorations remain subject to legislative discretion.

Legislative Description

Constitution; amend to provide automatic restoration of suffrage for persons convicted of nonviolent crimes.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/3/2020

Committee Referrals

Constitution2/14/2020

Full Bill Text

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