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MS HB1951

Bill

Status

Failed

4/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Timaka James-Jones

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores voting rights to Charity Payne of Coahoma County, Mississippi, who lost the right to vote after conviction for embezzlement in Tunica County on June 23, 2003
  • Payne was sentenced to five years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections and was released on June 23, 2008 upon expiration of her sentence
  • Legislature finds that Payne has conducted herself as a law-abiding and honorable citizen since her release
  • Takes effect upon passage

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore to Charity Payne of Coahoma County.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division B3/21/2025
Judiciary B2/26/2025

Full Bill Text

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