Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
House Bill 544
Probation, post-release supervision and technical violations; revise certain time periods concerning.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-34, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT THE MAXIMUM FIVE YEARS THAT MAY BE IMPOSED BY A COURT FOR POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION MAY BE EXTENDED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COURT MAY FIX THE PERIOD OF PROBATION TO THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM PERIOD WHICH THE DEFENDANT MIGHT ORIGINALLY HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO AS LONG AS SUCH PERIOD DOES NOT EXCEED FIVE YEARS; TO PROVIDE THAT AN OFFENDER MAY NOT HAVE HIS OR HER PROBATION REVOKED IF THE OFFENDER HAS COMMITTED AN INITIAL TECHNICAL VIOLATION UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THE SECOND TECHNICAL VIOLATION, RATHER THAN THE THIRD VIOLATION, AN OFFENDER MAY BE IMPRISONED IN A TECHNICAL VIOLATION CENTER OR A RESTITUTION CENTER FOR FOURTEEN DAYS RATHER THAN 120 DAYS; TO PROVIDE THAT FOR A THIRD TECHNICAL VIOLATION, AN OFFENDER MAY BE IMPRISONED FOR 120 DAYS; TO PROVIDE THAT FOR A FOURTH TECHNICAL VIOLATION AN OFFENDER MAY BE IMPRISONED FOR 180 DAYS; TO PROVIDE THAT FOR FIVE OR MORE TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS AN OFFENDER MAY BE IMPRISONED FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 12 to February 1, 2022, 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 12 to Feb 1 · stopped20 days
CorrectionsJan 12 to Feb 1 · stopped20 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 12 – Feb 1
- Jan 12Referred to the House committee on Corrections
- Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 12Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives