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MS SB3278

Bill

Status

Failed

4/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rod Hickman

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores voting rights to Melvin Jackson of Monroe County, Mississippi, who lost the right to vote due to a 2001 conviction for false pretenses in Lowndes County

  • Jackson was sentenced on August 20, 2001, to three years probation through the Mississippi Department of Corrections

  • Legislature finds that Jackson has completed his sentence terms and conditions and has since conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen

  • Effective date is July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore to Melvin Jackson.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division B3/19/2025

Full Bill Text

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