SB 2215 Mississippi Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.

SB 2215 restores voting rights in Mississippi for individuals convicted of certain disenfranchising crimes (like vote fraud or specific offenses listed in Section 241 of the state constitution) after completing their prison sentence (including parole) or upon receiving a probation-only sentence. The bill requires election officials to update voter registration systems to remove these individuals from disqualifying lists, mandates training for election staff on the new rules, and prohibits removing names from the system if probation is the sole sentence. It also requires courts to specify the sentence type (incarceration, parole, or probation) to ensure accurate system updates, preventing unnecessary removal of eligible voters. These changes apply automatically without requiring individuals to prove restored rights to register.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Last action Feb 3, 2026
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