Bill Text: MS HB1513 | 2021 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Suffrage; restore to Jay Wesley Jackson of Hinds County.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-04-01 - Died In Committee [HB1513 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2021-HB1513-Engrossed.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Bell (65th)

House Bill 1513

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO MR. JAY WESLEY JACKSON OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  The right of suffrage is hereby fully and completely restored to Mr. Jay Wesley Jackson of Hinds County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector as a result of his conviction for the crime of Robbery on September 9, 2011, in Hinds County, Mississippi, for which he was sentenced to serve in the Regimented Inmate Program in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections with five (5) years probation.

     He completed all terms and conditions of his sentence and was discharged on April 8, 2016.  The Legislature is informed that he has since conducted himself as a law-abiding and honorable citizen in a good and lawful manner.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.