DOC discharge plans; require explanation of disenfranchising crimes and opportunity for certain offenders to register to vote.

HB 1409 requires Mississippi's Department of Corrections to include in an offender's discharge plan whether they were convicted of a crime that disenfranchises voters (like certain felonies). If an offender hasn't registered to vote and wasn't convicted of such a crime, the department must provide a mail-in voter registration application to help them register. The bill also directs the Secretary of State to supply these applications to the Department of Corrections for distribution to eligible offenders. This aims to make voter registration more accessible during reentry for people returning to communities after incarceration. (Note: The bill died in committee on February 3, 2026.)