Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 1391
Parole and post-release supervision; make various revisions regarding.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-23-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF BURGLARY OF A DWELLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DRUG COURT PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE PAROLE ELIGIBILITY TO NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS CONVICTED BETWEEN CERTAIN DATES; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CASE PLANS FOR PAROLE-ELIGIBLE INMATES SHALL BE FOR THOSE CONVICTED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2014; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-18, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY PAROLE-ELIGIBLE INMATES WHO WERE CONVICTED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2014, MAY BE RELEASED ON HIS OR HER PAROLE ELIGIBILITY DATE FROM INCARCERATION TO PAROLE SUPERVISION WITHOUT A HEARING BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PENALTIES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY A PAROLEE; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE OFFENDERS WHO HAVE COMMITTED ONLY TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS TO MAKE AN INFORMED WAIVER OF CERTAIN JUDICIAL REVIEW UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN A PROBATIONER IS ARRESTED, SUCH ARREST IS NOT A TECHNICAL VIOLATION; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-38.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN OFFENDER MAY BE PLACED IN A TECHNICAL VIOLATION CENTER FOR UP TO 180 DAYS IF THE OFFENDER DOES NOT FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE PROGRAM IN THE TECHNICAL VIOLATION CENTER; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-40, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN COSTS AND FEES MUST BE PAID BY THOSE ON POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION BEFORE EARNED-DISCHARGE CREDITS ARE AWARDED; TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT A PERSON CONVICTED OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE IS INELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 47-7-21.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE PAROLE BOARD FINDS BY PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE THAT A PAROLEE HAS COMMITTED A FELONY OR HAS ABSCONDED FROM SUPERVISION, THEN THE PAROLE BOARD MAY REVOKE PAROLE AND IMPOSE ANY OR ALL THE TIME REMAINING ON PAROLE FOR A PAROLEE; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
CorrectionsFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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 Feb 8 – Feb 23
- Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Corrections
- Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives