HB 4177 Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session

Suffrage; restore to Stephen Roy Sims of Forrest County.

This bill restores the right to vote to Stephen R. Sims of Forrest County, Mississippi, who had previously lost his voting rights due to a conviction for embezzlement. The legislation specifically addresses his case by removing the legal disqualification that resulted from his 2011 criminal conviction and subsequent prison and parole sentence. Once passed, the act will immediately take effect, allowing Sims to participate in elections as a registered voter. The bill focuses solely on reinstating his individual civil rights without altering broader voting laws or affecting other citizens.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 26, 2026 Last action Apr 15, 2026
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As Introduced Current version · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was updated from a draft version to the official version passed by the House, incorporating standard legislative formatting and page headers. The substantive policy content regarding the restoration of voting rights for Stephen R. Sims remains identical to the original draft.
TECHNICAL

Added official legislative headers, session details, and page numbering that were missing in the draft version.

Replaced draft-style line numbers and spacing with the official 'As Passed the House' formatting and page break indicators.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 26, 2026
Committee
Referred To Judiciary, Division B
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Mar 23, 2026
Committee
Referred To Judiciary B
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
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Fabian Nelson
DDemocratic
MS
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