Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
House Bill 620
"Mississippi Correctional Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2021"; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI CORRECTIONAL SAFETY AND REHABILITATION ACT OF 2021"; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN CONDITIONS FOR PAROLE ELIGIBILITY AND TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS ON INMATE ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE WHEN AN INMATE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES; TO PROHIBIT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SERVING A SENTENCE FOR COMMITTING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE FROM PETITIONING THE SENTENCING COURT FOR PAROLE UNLESS A CERTAIN CRIME OF VIOLENCE WAS COMMITTED; TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL COMMITTED A CRIME WHEN HE OR SHE WAS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AND THE INDIVIDUAL IS OTHERWISE INELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE, AT AN EARLIER DATE, THEN SUCH INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE TIME FRAME IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MUST PROVIDE CASE PLANS FOR PAROLE-ELIGIBLE INMATES; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD A CERTAIN EXCEPTION TO THE MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF TIME THAT AN OFFENDER MUST SERVE BEFORE BECOMING PAROLE ELIGIBLE; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE PAROLE BOARD TO ORDER A PSYCHIATRIC OR PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION FOR AN INMATE IF THE BOARD DEEMS SUCH EXAMINATION IS NEEDED TO MAKE A PAROLE DECISION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE VICTIM OR DESIGNATED FAMILY MEMBER SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD BY THE PAROLE BOARD BEFORE A PAROLE DECISION IS MADE BY THE BOARD; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-18, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT A HEARING BE HAD BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD BEFORE AN OFFENDER CONVICTED OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR PAROLE; TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES OF VIOLENCE, THEN SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS INELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE OR EARLY RELEASE UNTIL A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE IS SERVED; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-28, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE FROM 100 TO 300 THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF TRANSITIONAL REENTRY CENTER BEDS THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS MUST CONTRACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; 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 18 to February 2, 2021, 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
CorrectionsJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 Jan 18 – Feb 2
- Jan 18Referred to the House committee on Corrections
- Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 18Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives