l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 675

Parole Board; revise notifications time frame given to victim when the offender is to be released by.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE FROM AT LEAST 15 DAYS TO 48 HOURS THE TIME PERIOD THAT A VICTIM OF AN OFFENDER, OR THE VICTIM'S FAMILY, MUST BE NOTIFIED BY THE PAROLE BOARD WHEN THE OFFENDER IS TO BE RELEASED BY THE BOARD; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-177, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO PROVIDE A 48-HOUR NOTICE OF RELEASE, RATHER THAN AN AT LEAST 15-DAY NOTICE, TO CERTAIN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WHEN AN OFFENDER IS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE; 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

1 co-sponsor

Abe Hudson

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

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