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MS HB4081

Bill

Status

Failed

5/14/2024

Primary Sponsor

Christopher Bell

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Origin

House of Representatives

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores the right to vote to Omar Travis of Hinds County, Mississippi, who lost voting rights due to felony convictions
  • Travis was convicted on March 6, 1991, in Hinds County of residential burglary (concurrent counts) and sentenced to five years in Mississippi Department of Corrections
  • Additional convictions include an out-of-state burglary in 2009 (probation discharged October 13, 2013) and receiving stolen property in Rankin County in 2016 (released to parole February 14, 2018; probation discharged February 1, 2021)
  • Legislature determines Travis has since conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen in good and lawful manner
  • Act takes effect upon passage

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore to Omar Travis of Hinds County.

Last Action

Died In Committee

5/14/2024

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B4/2/2024

Full Bill Text

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