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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2235

Probation and parole officers under MS Department of Corrections; transfer to MS Department of Public Safety.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO TRANSFER THE ADMINISTRATION OF PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICERS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THIS TRANSFER OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE POWERS, DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS OF PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICERS AS SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL; TO AMEND SECTIONS 45-1-2 AND 47-7-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ADMINISTER AND SUPERVISE PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICTS AND TO ESTABLISH A DIVISION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 45-1-3, 45-1-12, 47-7-17, 47-7-18, 47-7-19, 47-7-21, 47-7-23, 47-7-27, 47-7-31, 47-7-33, 47-7-33.1, 47-7-34, 47-7-35, 47-7-36, 47-7-36.1, 47-7-37, 47-7-38, 47-7-39, 47-7-40, 47-7-41, 47-7-47, 47-7-49 AND 47-7-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 20 to March 4, 2025, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 617 days

CorrectionsJan 20 to Feb 314 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 6 to Mar 4 · stopped26 days

CorrectionsFeb 10 to Mar 4 · 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 Jan 20 – Feb 6

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
  2. Feb 3Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 6Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 7 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 7Sent to the House
  2. Feb 10Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Judiciary B
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To CorrectionsSenate
  2. Feb 3Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 6Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 6PassedSenate
  5. Feb 7Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 10Referred To Corrections;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives