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2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2132

The Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE JUVENILE OFFENDER PAROLE AND REHABILITATION ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE PAROLE BOARD TO DETERMINE WHETHER A JUVENILE OFFENDER MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AND REHABILITATION; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE AGE OF ADULTHOOD; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT JUVENILE OFFENDERS FROM TIME-SERVED PAROLE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; TO CREATE SECTION 47-7-3.3, TO CREATE A CASE PLAN FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE PAROLE BOARD TO GRANT PAROLE TO JUVENILE OFFENDERS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE BY THE PAROLE BOARD TO GRANT PAROLE TO JUVENILE OFFENDERS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT DECISIONS ON PAROLE ELIGIBILITY OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS BY PAROLE BOARD FROM MAJORITY VOTE; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE PAROLE BOARD TO ORDER PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS WHEN NECESSARY; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-18, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE RELEASE ON PAROLE OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS WITHOUT A HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD; 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 Senate

Its course

January 8 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 SenateJan 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 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 8 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 8Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 8Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate