l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2708

Technical violations; revise definition of for purposes of parole revocation.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "TECHNICAL VIOLATION" TO EXCLUDE ANY ACT THAT IS CLASSIFIED AS A CRIME OF VIOLENCE; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE REVOCATION FOR PERSONS WHO COMMIT CRIMES OF VIOLENCE WHILE ON PAROLE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PAROLE BOARD SHALL REFER SUCH MATTERS TO THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR PROSECUTION; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

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

Its course

January 21 to February 5, 2019, 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 SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

CorrectionsJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 Senate Jan 21 – Feb 5

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