MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Summers
AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO GERALD LAIRD OF JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The right of suffrage is hereby fully and completely restored to Gerald Laird of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector on September 25, 2003, in Lauderdale County for the crime of robbery, for which he was sentenced to five (5) years to serve, and thirty-six (36) months of probation within the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He was released to earned released supervision on November 5, 2005, and discharged on May 6, 2006.
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.