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2015 Regular Session

House Bill 600

Time served on probation or post release supervision; revise reduction process of.

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 47-7-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN OFFENDER'S TIME SERVED ON PROBATION OR POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION MAY NOT BE REDUCED WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE SENTENCING COURT; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT AN OFFENDER MAY BE CONFINED NO MORE THAN 21 DAYS FROM ADMISSION TO DETENTION UNTIL A REVOCATION HEARING IS HELD WHENEVER AN OFFENDER IS ARRESTED FOR AN ALLEGED VIOLATION OF PROBATION; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PROBATION REVOCATION CHARGE BE DISMISSED IF A REVOCATION HEARING IS NOT HELD WITHIN 30 DAYS OF A WARRANT BEING ISSUED; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-40, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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

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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 1022 days

Judiciary BJan 19 to Jan 2910 days

In the SenateFeb 10 to Mar 3 · stopped21 days

CorrectionsFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 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 19 – Feb 10

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 12 – Mar 3

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published