---
type: "Bill"
title: "Suffrage; restore to Ray Ferrell of Harrison County."
description: "Suffrage; restore to Ray Ferrell of Harrison County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1730"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1730 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams-Barnes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b91b4e57-7eb2-4fcb-9ade-f005836f1ab2"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Williams-Barnes.xml"
source_hash: "b4cc56f9e28da00dbcf088cfb7d122ebbed4c825df808bcc24e52450abf71aa7"
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 1730 (2022) — Suffrage; restore to Ray Ferrell of Harrison 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/2022/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1730IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1730PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1730SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **44–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Williams-Barnes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2022-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-26T05:00:00+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/b91b4e57-7eb2-4fcb-9ade-f005836f1ab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).