---
type: "Bill"
title: "Suffrage; restore to Miko Butler of Pike County."
description: "Suffrage; restore to Miko Butler of Pike County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1725"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1725 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cockerham"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d3ffdfd-25e4-4cc6-a788-7e286cc1df81"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Cockerham.xml"
source_hash: "ad1bd0a545f9874849739abf3deecdac94c6c34482faec71a47b6540341f78a5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi HB 1725 (2019) — Suffrage; restore to Miko Butler of Pike County.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1725IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1725PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1725SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **108–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cockerham — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d3ffdfd-25e4-4cc6-a788-7e286cc1df81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).