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MS HB1918

Bill

Status

Failed

4/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Zakiya Summers

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores voting rights to Gerald Laird of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, who lost eligibility to vote after conviction for robbery on September 25, 2003
  • Laird was sentenced to five years imprisonment and thirty-six months supervised probation within the Mississippi Department of Corrections
  • Laird was released to Earned Release Supervision on November 5, 2005, and discharged from probation on May 7, 2009
  • Legislature finds that Laird has since conducted himself as a law-abiding and honorable citizen
  • Bill becomes effective upon passage

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore to Gerald Laird of Jefferson Davis County.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B2/26/2025

Full Bill Text

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