2023 Regular Session • Mississippi Legislature
HB863: Ban-the-Box Act; enact.
Legislative Summary
An Act To Create The "ban-the-box Act"; To Enact Definitions; To Prohibit Certain Public Employers And Private Employers From Using Criminal History Information As A Preliminary Bar To Employment; To Provide For Jurisdiction Over Complaints For Violation Of The Terms Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
Bill History
1/16/2023
Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Judiciary A
House of Representatives
1/31/2023
Died In Committee
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Failed(1/31/2023)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 29
Primary Sponsor

Jeffrey Hulum
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (28)
John Hines
Democrat
Robert Johnson
Democrat
Cheikh Taylor
Democrat
Jeffery Harness
Democrat
Robert Sanders
Democrat
Otis Anthony
Democrat
Daryl Porter
Democrat
Carl Mickens
Democrat
Lataisha Jackson
Democrat
John Faulkner
Democrat
Jeramey Anderson
Democrat
Willie Bailey
Democrat
Earle Banks
Democrat
Christopher Bell
Democrat
Edward Blackmon
Democrat
Bo Brown
Democrat
Cedric Burnett
Democrat
Bryant Clark
Democrat
Stephanie Foster
Democrat
Gregory Holloway
Democrat
Kabir Karriem
Democrat
Hester Jackson-McCray
Democrat
Solomon Osborne
Democrat
Rufus Straughter
Democrat
Zakiya Summers
Democrat
Rickey Thompson
Democrat
Kenneth Walker
Democrat
Percy Watson
Democrat