2024 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative McCray
AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO TAMERAL HEARN JOHNSON OF DESOTO 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 Tameral Hearn Johnson of DeSoto County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector as a result of her conviction for the crime of embezzlement in DeSoto County on May 27, 2015, for which she was sentenced to serve one (1) year in the Intensive Supervision Program under the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with five (5) years probation. She was released to probation on December 22, 2015.
She was discharged from probation on December 20, 2020. The Legislature is informed that she has since conducted herself 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.