HB 4119 Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session

Suffrage; restore to April Pace-Brooks of Coahoma County.

This bill restores the right to vote to April Pace-Brooks of Coahoma County, Mississippi, who had previously been disqualified from voting due to a 2003 embezzlement conviction. The legislation states that Pace-Brooks completed her probation in 2008 and has since lived as a law-abiding citizen, and it takes effect immediately upon passage. The law does not change general voting rules but specifically reinstates her individual voting rights.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 20, 2026 Last action Apr 15, 2026

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What changed between versions

As Introduced → Current version · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative introduction style to a 'Passed the House' version, removing the original session header and adding a new title block. The core policy content regarding the restoration of voting rights for April Pace-Brooks remains substantively identical, with no changes to eligibility criteria, dates, or legal requirements.

TECHNICAL

The document header was changed from 'As Introduced' to 'As Passed the House', indicating the bill has been approved by the House of Representatives.

The title block was restructured to include the 'As Passed' status and removed the original session metadata lines.

The body text was converted from a clean layout to a format containing special character codes (e.g., 1...1) used for official legislative printing and tracking.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 20, 2026

Committee

Referred To Judiciary, Division B

upper

Mar 20, 2026

Introduced

Transmitted To Senate

lower

Mar 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred To Judiciary B

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors