l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 988

Gubernatorial pardon; require applicant to notify Parole Board & public hearing held, if conviction was for violent felony crime.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT, WHEN A PERSON CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT FELONY CRIME PETITIONS THE GOVERNOR FOR A PARDON, THE PERSON SHALL ALSO NOTIFY THE STATE PAROLE BOARD; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PAROLE BOARD SHALL NOTIFY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED AND SHALL REQUEST THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE POSSIBLE PARDON; TO DEFINE "VIOLENT FELONY CRIME" FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

2 co-sponsors

Nick Bain, Jody Steverson

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2014, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published