Bill Text: MS HB137 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Employment; prohibit denial of solely because a person has been convicted of a felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee [HB137 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2024-HB137-Introduced.html

---

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency; Workforce Development

By: Representatives Osborne, Hulum

House Bill 137

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE DENIED EMPLOYMENT SOLELY BECAUSE HE OR SHE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  No person shall be denied employment solely because he or she has been convicted of a felony.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.