---
type: "Bill"
title: "Suffrage; restore to Debra Denise Thomas of Hinds County."
description: "Suffrage; restore to Debra Denise Thomas of Hinds County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1515"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1515 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8c60308-dc42-4443-bda2-193c8773af9e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bell_(65th).xml"
source_hash: "c992a1d7cfaeffb529986b37f504329d1a474229b6f0f25e31af254b180d4474"
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 1515 (2021) — Suffrage; restore to Debra Denise Thomas of Hinds 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/2021/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1515IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1515PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1515SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **100–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **41–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Law W/out Governor's Signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8c60308-dc42-4443-bda2-193c8773af9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).