MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Elections By: Senator(s) Hill Senate Bill 2633 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE ONE FORM OF PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP AND TWO FORMS OF PROOF OF ADDRESS IN ORDER TO REGISTER TO VOTE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 23-15-11. (1) Every inhabitant of this state, except persons adjudicated to be non compos mentis, * * * who is eligible to register to vote, if he or she: (a) Is a citizen of the United States of America, and can provide at least one (1) form of documentation that shall serve as proof of citizenship. For the purpose of this section, proof of citizenship shall include: (i) The voter's birth certificate or a legible photocopy of the birth certificate; (ii) A United States passport, or a legible photocopy of the pertinent pages of the passport, identifying the voter and showing the passport number; (iii) The voter's United States naturalization documentation, a legible photocopy of the naturalization documentation, or the number of the voter's certificate of naturalization; except that any person who provides the number of the certificate of naturalization in lieu of the naturalization documentation shall not be deemed to have provided proof of citizenship until the Secretary of State verifies the number with the United States citizenship and immigration services in the Department of Homeland Security or its successor; or (iv) Any document or method of proof of citizenship established by the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Public Law 99-603, compiled in 8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq. (b) Is eighteen (18) years old and upwards * * *,; (c) * * * who Has resided in this state for thirty (30) days and for thirty (30) days in the county in which he or she seeks to vote, and for thirty (30) days in the incorporated municipality in which he or she seeks to vote, and can provide, at minimum, two (2) forms of proof of address. The address listed on the application should accurately reflect where the applicant resides. Current documents must be dated, with a date no more than ninety (90) days prior to application submission date. For the purpose of this section, proof of address shall include: (i) Valid Mississippi driver's license; (ii) Valid state issued ID; (iii) Current bank statement; (iv) Current cell phone bill; (v) Current utility bill; (vi) Current cable bill; (vii) Current employment records; (viii) Rent/lease agreement effective as of the date the document is submitted; and (ix) Mortgage documentation; (d) * * * and who Has been duly registered as an elector under Section 23-15-33 * * *,; and (e) * * *and who Has never been convicted of vote fraud or of any crime listed in Section 241, Mississippi Constitution of 1890 * * *,. (2) Individuals who satisfy all of the requirements in subsection (1) of this section, shall be a qualified elector in and for the county, municipality and voting precinct of his or her residence, and shall be entitled to vote at any election upon compliance with Section 23-15-563. (3) If the thirtieth day to register before an election falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, the registration applications submitted on the business day immediately following the Sunday or legal holiday shall be accepted and entered in the Statewide Elections Management System for the purpose of enabling voters to vote in the next election. (4) Any person who will be eighteen (18) years of age or older on or before the date of the general election and who is duly registered to vote not less than thirty (30) days before the primary election associated with the general election, may vote in the primary election even though the person has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday at the time that the person seeks to vote at the primary election. (5) No others than those specified in this section shall be entitled, or shall be allowed, to vote at any election. SECTION 2. Section 23-15-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 23-15-13. (1) An elector who moves from one (1) ward or voting precinct to another ward within the same municipality or voting precinct within the same county shall not be disqualified to vote, but he or she shall be entitled to have his or her registration transferred to his or her new ward or voting precinct upon making a written request therefor at any time up to thirty (30) days before the election at which he or she offers to vote, and if the removal occurs within thirty (30) days of such election he or she shall be entitled to vote in his or her new ward or voting precinct by affidavit ballot as provided in Section 23-15-573. As part of the voter registration transfer application, the voter shall provide proof of address as required by Section 23-15-11(1)(c). If the thirtieth day to transfer the elector's registration before an election falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, the transfer of the elector's registration submitted on the business day immediately following the Sunday or legal holiday shall be accepted and entered into the Statewide Elections Management System for the purpose of enabling voters to vote in the next election. (2) If an elector requests a change in his or her address under Section 23-15-49 and the address is located in a precinct in the county or municipality that differs from the precinct as reflected in the then current registration records, the request shall be treated in the same manner as a written request to transfer the elector's registration under subsection (1) of this section. As part of the voter registration transfer application, the voter shall provide proof of address as required by Section 23-15-11(1)(c). SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Elections
By: Senator(s) Hill
# Senate Bill 2633
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE ONE FORM OF PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP AND TWO FORMS OF PROOF OF ADDRESS IN ORDER TO REGISTER TO VOTE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
23-15-11. (1) Every inhabitant of this state, except persons adjudicated to be non compos mentis, * * * who is eligible to register to vote, if he or she:
(a) Is a citizen of the United States of America, and can provide at least one (1) form of documentation that shall serve as proof of citizenship. For the purpose of this section, proof of citizenship shall include:
(i) The voter's birth certificate or a legible photocopy of the birth certificate;
(ii) A United States passport, or a legible photocopy of the pertinent pages of the passport, identifying the voter and showing the passport number;
(iii) The voter's United States naturalization documentation, a legible photocopy of the naturalization documentation, or the number of the voter's certificate of naturalization; except that any person who provides the number of the certificate of naturalization in lieu of the naturalization documentation shall not be deemed to have provided proof of citizenship until the Secretary of State verifies the number with the United States citizenship and immigration services in the Department of Homeland Security or its successor; or
(iv) Any document or method of proof of citizenship established by the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Public Law 99-603, compiled in 8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.
(b) Is eighteen (18) years old and upwards * * *,;
(c) * * * who Has resided in this state for thirty (30) days and for thirty (30) days in the county in which he or she seeks to vote, and for thirty (30) days in the incorporated municipality in which he or she seeks to vote, and can provide, at minimum, two (2) forms of proof of address. The address listed on the application should accurately reflect where the applicant resides. Current documents must be dated, with a date no more than ninety (90) days prior to application submission date. For the purpose of this section, proof of address shall include:
(i) Valid Mississippi driver's license;
(ii) Valid state issued ID;
(iii) Current bank statement;
(iv) Current cell phone bill;
(v) Current utility bill;
(vi) Current cable bill;
(vii) Current employment records;
(viii) Rent/lease agreement effective as of the date the document is submitted; and
(ix) Mortgage documentation;
(d) * * * and who Has been duly registered as an elector under Section 23-15-33 * * *,; and
(e) * * *and who Has never been convicted of vote fraud or of any crime listed in Section 241, Mississippi Constitution of 1890 * * *,.
(2) Individuals who satisfy all of the requirements in subsection (1) of this section, shall be a qualified elector in and for the county, municipality and voting precinct of his or her residence, and shall be entitled to vote at any election upon compliance with Section 23-15-563.
(3) If the thirtieth day to register before an election falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, the registration applications submitted on the business day immediately following the Sunday or legal holiday shall be accepted and entered in the Statewide Elections Management System for the purpose of enabling voters to vote in the next election.
(4) Any person who will be eighteen (18) years of age or older on or before the date of the general election and who is duly registered to vote not less than thirty (30) days before the primary election associated with the general election, may vote in the primary election even though the person has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday at the time that the person seeks to vote at the primary election.
(5) No others than those specified in this section shall be entitled, or shall be allowed, to vote at any election.
SECTION 2. Section 23-15-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
23-15-13. (1) An elector who moves from one (1) ward or voting precinct to another ward within the same municipality or voting precinct within the same county shall not be disqualified to vote, but he or she shall be entitled to have his or her registration transferred to his or her new ward or voting precinct upon making a written request therefor at any time up to thirty (30) days before the election at which he or she offers to vote, and if the removal occurs within thirty (30) days of such election he or she shall be entitled to vote in his or her new ward or voting precinct by affidavit ballot as provided in Section 23-15-573. As part of the voter registration transfer application, the voter shall provide proof of address as required by Section 23-15-11(1)(c). If the thirtieth day to transfer the elector's registration before an election falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, the transfer of the elector's registration submitted on the business day immediately following the Sunday or legal holiday shall be accepted and entered into the Statewide Elections Management System for the purpose of enabling voters to vote in the next election.
(2) If an elector requests a change in his or her address under Section 23-15-49 and the address is located in a precinct in the county or municipality that differs from the precinct as reflected in the then current registration records, the request shall be treated in the same manner as a written request to transfer the elector's registration under subsection (1) of this section. As part of the voter registration transfer application, the voter shall provide proof of address as required by Section 23-15-11(1)(c).
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.