HB 4161 Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session

Suffrage; restore to Montana Wimberly of Lincoln County.

This bill restores the right to vote to Montana Wimberly of Lincoln County, Mississippi, who had lost her suffrage due to past criminal convictions. The legislation removes her disqualification from voting, which resulted from convictions for worthless checks and false pretenses that led to her incarceration and probation. The act states that she has since behaved as a law-abiding citizen and is now eligible to participate in elections. This change applies only to this specific individual and does not alter voting laws for 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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What changed between versions

As Introduced Current version · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a standard draft layout to an official 'As Passed' version, including the addition of tracking numbers and page headers. The substantive policy content regarding the restoration of voting rights for Montana Wimberly remains identical, with no changes to eligibility criteria, dates, or legal requirements.
TECHNICAL

The document structure was updated to reflect official House passage, adding tracking identifiers (HR43/R2531) and page headers while removing the committee referral notation.

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 18, 2026
Committee
Referred To Judiciary B
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
District
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Fabian Nelson
DDemocratic
MS
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