SB 3400

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Whaley, Blount
Senate Bill 3400
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO DENNIS HOPKINS OF
MARSHALL 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 Dennis Hopkins of
Marshall County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector on March 6,
1998, as a result of his convictions in Union County for two (2) counts of
grand larceny.� On March 6, 1998, he was sentenced to serve two (2) four-year,
concurrent terms in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.�
In a related matter to the larceny convictions, he was convicted of the crime
of burglary in Marshall County.� On May 19, 1998, he was sentenced to serve a
four-year term in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.� He
was placed on intensive supervision on October 28, 1999.
���� Hopkins was discharged from
the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections on April 30, 2001, due
to the expiration of his sentence. �He completed all terms and conditions of
his sentence.�
���� 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 July 1, 2026.