---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public office; persons convicted of certain crimes are ineligible to qualify as a candidate for or be appointed to."
description: "Public office; persons convicted of certain crimes are ineligible to qualify as a candidate for or be appointed to."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 2237"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2237 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apportionment and Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b917236c-92e8-4add-b3f6-6b10ba9d4927"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Hill.xml"
source_hash: "54210653714c5b7a7f2bea4ba04e76bc05b4daac5611703eeb1f388a921e0728"
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 SB 2237 (2019) — Public office; persons convicted of certain crimes are ineligible to qualify as a candidate for or be appointed to.

## 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/SB/2200-2299/SB2237IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2237PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2237SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **103–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson_(11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson_(32nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- McDaniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Apportionment and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+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/b917236c-92e8-4add-b3f6-6b10ba9d4927`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).