l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 1055

Person convicted of violent crime seeking pardon; require notification of Parole Board, district attorney and sheriff for hearing.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on March 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN THE GOVERNOR REQUESTS THE STATE PAROLE BOARD INVESTIGATE AN APPLICANT FOR A CLEMENCY, THE BOARD MUST KEEP A RECORD OF ALL FILES RELATING TO SUCH INVESTIGATION; TO REQUIRE THAT WHEN A PERSON CONVICTED OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE PETITIONS THE GOVERNOR FOR A PARDON, THE PERSON SHALL ALSO NOTIFY THE PAROLE BOARD OF SUCH PETITION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PAROLE BOARD SHALL NOTIFY THE VICTIM OF THE CRIME OF VIOLENCE AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE CRIME OF VIOLENCE WAS COMMITTED OF SUCH PETITION; TO REQUIRE THE PAROLE BOARD TO REQUEST THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF WHERE THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE POSSIBLE GRANTING OF A PARDON; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO KEEP CERTAIN FILES AND MAKE CERTAIN REPORTS REGARDING CLEMENCY INVESTIGATIONS; 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

13 co-sponsors

Richard Bennett, Randy P. Boyd, Gary Chism, Greg Haney, Bobby B. Howell, Bill Kinkade, Timmy Ladner, John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III, Rita Martinson, Randy Rushing, Jason White, Patricia H. Willis, David Baria

Its course

January 19 to March 3, 2015, 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 action12 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 517 days

CorrectionsJan 19 to Jan 289 days

Judiciary BJan 28 to Feb 25 days

CorrectionsFeb 2 to Feb 20 days

In the SenateFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days

CorrectionsFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 10

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 19 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Judiciary B
  2. Jan 28Reported from CN to JB in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 2Reported from JB to CN in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Feb 5Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 5Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Williams-Barnes, Taylor, Huddleston (30th) and Gipson)
  2. Feb 10Reconsidered in the House
  3. Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended
  5. Sent to the Senate
  6. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Judiciary, Division B
  7. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Corrections;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28DR - TSDP: CN To JBHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 2DR - TSDP: JB To CNHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 2Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 5PassedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 5Motion to Reconsider Entered (Williams-Barnes, Taylor, Huddleston (30th), Gipson)House of Representatives
  7. Feb 10ReconsideredHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 10AmendedHouse of Representatives
  9. Feb 10Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  10. Feb 10Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  11. Feb 17Referred To Corrections;Judiciary, Division BSenate
  12. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate