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MS HB4096

Bill

Status

Failed

5/14/2024

Primary Sponsor

Otis Anthony

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Origin

House of Representatives

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores voting rights to Kunta Gates of Humphreys County, Mississippi, who lost eligibility as an elector due to a statutory rape conviction from February 20, 2008
  • Gates was sentenced to 20 years total: 12 years in Mississippi Department of Corrections custody, 5 years post-release, and 3 years unsupervised
  • Gates' sentence expired and he was discharged on February 17, 2020
  • Legislature finds that Gates has conducted himself as a law-abiding and honorable citizen since his discharge
  • Act takes effect upon passage

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore to Kunta Gates of Humphreys County.

Last Action

Died In Committee

5/14/2024

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B4/2/2024

Full Bill Text

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