Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2352
Parole Board; prescribe qualifications for the board and post parole hearings on DOC website.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE STATE PAROLE BOARD TO CONSIST OF MEMBERS WITH BACKGROUNDS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAW, PROSECUTORIAL LAW AND BUSINESS; TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE STATE PAROLE BOARD; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT TO HOLD PAROLE HEARINGS AT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE PENITENTIARY; TO REQUIRE THAT PAROLE HEARINGS BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA INTERNET WEBCAST; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE NOTICE OF PAROLE HEARINGS TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS' WEBSITE; TO AMEND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS TO VICTIMS AND CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS OF VICTIMS; 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
February 12 to March 5, 2024, 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 SenateFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped22 days
CorrectionsFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped22 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 Feb 12 – Mar 5
- Feb 12Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Government Structure
- Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 12Referred To Corrections;Government StructureSenate
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate