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MS HB4006

Bill

Status

Failed

4/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Christopher Bell

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores full voting rights to Andre Nichols of Hinds County, Mississippi, who lost suffrage due to criminal convictions
  • Nichols was convicted in 2014 of receiving stolen property in Lafayette County and sentenced to four years probation
  • Probation was revoked on October 29, 2014, after violation, and Nichols was sentenced to 30 months in custody for possession of controlled substance with intent and receiving stolen property; released July 30, 2015 and discharged June 10, 2016
  • Nichols received an additional four-year probation sentence on May 2, 2022, in out-of-state court for possession of firearm by convicted felon and was released June 13, 2022
  • Legislature recognizes Nichols has since conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen, effective upon passage

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore to Andre Nichols of Hinds County.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B3/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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