Suffrage; restore to Quintin Purnell of Grenada County.
This bill restores voting rights to Quintin Purnell of Grenada County, Mississippi, who lost his right to vote following two past grand larceny convictions (1992 and 1993) and subsequent probation violations. It directly affects only Purnell, stating he has been law-abiding since his release from supervision in 1996. The bill contains no new policy mechanisms - it simply restores his voting rights as a specific legislative action. The bill passed the House in March 2025 but died in committee in April 2025.
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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This bill restores voting rights to Quintin Purnell, a Mississippi resident who lost his right to vote due to felony convictions. The text shows formatting and layout changes between the original introduction and the House-passed version, but the substantive policy content remains identical.
Scope change
No change in scope or applicability; the bill targets the same individual with the same restoration of voting rights.
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Formatting and layout changes including header information, page numbering, and text spacing adjustments between versions.
Floor votes
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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
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Jeffrey Hulum
DDemocratic
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