HB 1972 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Suffrage; restore to Lasondra Bowling of Rankin County.

HB 1972 restores voting rights to Lasondra Bowling of Rankin County, Mississippi, who lost her suffrage following multiple past convictions (including embezzlement and conspiracy) that resulted in prison time and probation. The bill explicitly reinstates her right to vote after she completed all sentences by 2020 and has maintained a law-abiding record since. This is a personal restoration bill affecting only Lasondra Bowling, not a change to general voting laws. It does not alter eligibility criteria for other voters.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 21, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2025
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As Introduced → Current version · 3 edits
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The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative introduction format to a passed version with different header information and page numbering. The substantive content of the bill remains unchanged, including the restoration of voting rights for Lasondra Bowling.
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Header information changed from 'As Introduced' to 'As Passed the House' with updated page numbering and formatting markers.

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Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 21, 2025
Committee
Referred To Judiciary, Division B
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Referred To Judiciary B
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
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State
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Zakiya Summers
DDemocratic
MS
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