Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 116
"The Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act"; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE "THE JUVENILE OFFENDER PAROLE AND REHABILITATION ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERMS "ADULT", "JUVENILE", "MINOR" AND "YOUTHFUL" UNDER THE PROBATION AND PAROLE LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A PERSON WAS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AT THE TIME HE OR SHE COMMITTED AN OFFENSE AND SUCH PERSON IS NOT OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AT AN EARLIER DATE, THEN THE PERSON SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AFTER SERVING TWENTY YEARS OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE, AND TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL ON THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3.2, 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 7 to February 3, 2026, 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 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 days
Judiciary BJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 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 7 – Feb 3
- Jan 7Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
- Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 7Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives