---
type: "Bill"
title: "Suffrage; restore Kenneth Edward Barnes."
description: "Suffrage; restore Kenneth Edward Barnes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3228"
citation: "Mississippi SB 3228 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillingane"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc535a09-46d8-45fa-b927-9a87002a08ea"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/Fillingane.xml"
source_hash: "4a0ae91b94a1ee9c1ccaa558dd42e0abe0b2aceb3eda41bd44826f0093904c19"
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 3228 (2024) — Suffrage; restore Kenneth Edward Barnes.

## 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/2024/html/SB/3200-3299/SB3228IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB3228_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 3228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB3228.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/3200-3299/SB3228PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/3200-3299/SB3228SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fillingane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2024-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-06-01T05:00:00+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/bc535a09-46d8-45fa-b927-9a87002a08ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).