1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
2.  SECTION 1. (1) There is hereby created the Voter Enfranchisement Joint Legislative Study Committee to examine the impact of nonviolent offenses to franchisement, establish measurable goals and benchmarks for the State of Mississippi relating to suffrage, and study available methods to ensure that all persons who are eligible to vote face no continued barriers to registration or voting that result from their nonviolent felony convictions once they have completed all of their sentencing requirements. The committee shall, at a minimum, study and report to the 2019 Regular Session of the Legislature the following:

    (a)  Any potential policy or law changes that would

provide nonviolent felons with the ability to have their right to
vote restored upon completing all sentencing requirements;

    (b)  Any negative societal effects that fall upon
nonviolent felons who have completed all of their sentencing
requirements but have not had their right to vote restored; and

   (c)  Any policies and procedures that have been
implemented by other state legislatures to restore the right to
vote to nonviolent felons who have completed all of their
sentencing requirements.