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MS HB1729

Bill

Status

Failed

4/5/2022

Primary Sponsor

Sonya Williams-Barnes

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Origin

House of Representatives

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores full voting rights to Anthony Leroy Wallace of Harrison County, Mississippi, who lost suffrage due to felony convictions.
  • Wallace was convicted of robbery on August 9, 1999, sentenced to four years probation; his probation was revoked on June 10, 2002, and he received a ten-year prison sentence.
  • Wallace was also convicted on July 2, 2002, of two felony DUI counts, each resulting in one-year sentences to run consecutively.
  • Wallace was released from custody on November 15, 2007, and discharged on July 7, 2009; the Legislature notes he has since conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen.
  • The act takes effect upon passage.

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore to Anthony Leroy Wallace of Harrison County.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/5/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division B3/24/2022
Judiciary B2/28/2022

Full Bill Text

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