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MS HB1979
Bill
Status
Failed
4/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Otis Anthony
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AI Summary
- Restores full voting rights to Kunta Gates of Humphreys County, Mississippi, who was disqualified from voting 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 supervision, and 3 years unsupervised probation)
- His sentence was completed 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
- Effective upon passage
Legislative Description
Suffrage; restore to Kunta Gates of Humphreys County.
Last Action
Died In Committee
4/3/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary B3/12/2025
Full Bill Text
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