Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2116
Probation and parole; provide that technical violation of shall not include commission of new criminal offense.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "TECHNICAL VIOLATION" WITHIN PROBATION AND PAROLE LAW TO PROVIDE THAT A TECHNICAL VIOLATION SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE COMMISSION OF A NEW CRIMINAL OFFENSE BY A PROBATIONER OR PAROLEE; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 9 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 SenateJan 9 to Feb 3 · stopped25 days
CorrectionsJan 9 to Feb 3 · 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 9 – Feb 3
- Jan 9Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 9Referred To CorrectionsSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate