l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 401

Paroled offenders; prohibit automatic arrest and revocation of parole for being near the vicinity of a firearm under certain circumstances.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE PAROLE BOARD FROM ISSUING A WARRANT FOR THE RETURN OF A PAROLED OFFENDER IF THE WARRANT IS BASED SOLELY ON THE OFFENDER BEING NEAR THE VICINITY OF A FIREARM IN ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL'S RESIDENCY OR MOTOR VEHICLE AND SUCH OFFENDER ALLEGES THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT THE OWNER OF THE FIREARM; TO PROHIBIT THE WARRANTLESS ARREST OF A PAROLED OFFENDER, BY A FIELD OFFICER, IF THE ARREST IS BASED SOLELY ON THE OFFENDER BEING NEAR THE VICINITY OF A FIREARM IN ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL'S RESIDENCY OR MOTOR VEHICLE AND THE OFFENDER ALLEGES THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT THE OWNER OF THE FIREARM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PAROLE OR THE EARNED-RELEASE SUPERVISION OF A PAROLED INDIVIDUAL SHALL NOT BE AUTOMATICALLY REVOKED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; 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 5 to January 31, 2017, 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 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 days

CorrectionsJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 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 5 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 5Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Judiciary B
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 5Referred To Corrections;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives