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MS HB1780

Bill

Status

Failed

10/2/2020

Primary Sponsor

Rickey Thompson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores full voting rights to Dexter Foster of Lee County, Mississippi, who lost suffrage following a 2003 conviction for armed robbery
  • Foster was initially sentenced to 10 years in the Department of Corrections with the sentence suspended and probation imposed for 5 years
  • Foster violated probation, was resentenced on May 20, 2004, to 2 years in custody followed by 3 years of probation, and was released May 6, 2005
  • Foster's probation was terminated on August 1, 2008, and he has since lived as a law-abiding citizen
  • Takes effect upon passage

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore to Dexter Foster of Lee County.

Last Action

Died In Committee

10/2/2020

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B6/23/2020

Full Bill Text

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