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MS HB1009

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

3/29/2019

Primary Sponsor

John Faulkner

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores full voting rights to Catina Taylor of Marshall County, Mississippi, who was disqualified from voting due to felony convictions.
  • Taylor was convicted on January 22, 1999, of two counts of Uttering Forgery and sentenced to two years in the Department of Corrections with three years probation.
  • Additional convictions occurred on August 22, 2001, for Uttering Forgery offenses, and on April 3, 2002, for identity theft with sentences totaling multiple years of incarceration.
  • Taylor completed all terms and conditions of her sentences on March 14, 2013, and has since conducted herself as a law-abiding citizen.
  • The act takes effect upon passage.

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore to Catina Faulkner Taylor of Marshall County.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/29/2019

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division B3/25/2019
Judiciary B1/21/2019

Full Bill Text

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