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MS HB1981
Bill
Status
Failed
4/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tamarra Butler-Washington
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AI Summary
- Restores voting rights to Omar Travis of Hinds County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector due to felony conviction
- Travis was convicted on March 6, 1991, in Hinds County of burglary-residential and sentenced to five years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections
- Additional convictions include a February 2, 2009, out-of-state burglary charge resulting in probation, and a March 14, 2016, Rankin County conviction for receiving stolen property resulting in ten years in prison
- Travis was released to parole on February 14, 2018, and discharged from probation on February 1, 2021
- Legislation takes effect upon passage
Legislative Description
Suffrage; restore to Omar Travis of Hinds County.
Last Action
Died In Committee
4/3/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary, Division B3/21/2025
Judiciary B3/12/2025
Full Bill Text
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