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MS HB1674

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

10/2/2020

Primary Sponsor

Kabir Karriem

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Origin

House of Representatives

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores full voting rights to Kamal Karriem, Jr. of Lowndes County, Mississippi, who lost the right to vote due to a 2005 embezzlement conviction
  • Karriem was originally sentenced to five years probation in November 2005, but probation was revoked in 2008 and he was sentenced to Department of Corrections custody
  • Released to house arrest on June 2, 2009, and discharged on January 6, 2016
  • Legislature finds that Karriem has since conducted himself as a law-abiding and honorable citizen
  • Act takes effect upon passage

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore to Kamal Karriem, Jr. of Lowndes County.

Last Action

Died On Calendar

10/2/2020

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B5/26/2020

Full Bill Text

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