Mississippi House Bill 67 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 9-23-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Individuals Convicted Of Burglary Of A Dwelling To Participate In The Drug Court Program; To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Parole Eligibility To Nonviolent Offenders Convicted Between Certain Dates; To Amend Section 47-7-3.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Case Plans For Parole-eligible Inmates Shall Be For Those Convicted On Or After July 1, 2014; To Amend Section 47-7-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Only Parole-eligible Inmates Who Were Convicted On Or After July 1, 2014, May Be Released On His Or Her Parole Eligibility Date From Incarceration To Parole Supervision Without A Hearing Before The Parole Board If Certain Conditions Are Met; To Amend Section 47-7-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Certain Penalties Based On The Number Of Technical Violations Committed By A Parolee; To Amend Section 47-7-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Offenders Who Have Committed Only Technical Violations To Make An Informed Waiver Of Certain Judicial Review Under Certain Circumstances; To Amend Section 47-7-38, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Probationer Is Arrested, Such Arrest Is Not A Technical Violation; To Amend Section 47-7-38.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That An Offender May Be Placed In A Technical Violation Center For Up To 180 Days If The Offender Does Not Follow The Rules Of The Program In The Technical Violation Center; To Amend Section 47-7-40, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Certain Costs And Fees Must Be Paid By Those On Post-release Supervision Before Earned-discharge Credits Are Awarded; To Amend Section 97-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That A Person Convicted Of A Crime Of Violence Is Ineligible For Parole; To Create New Section 47-7-21.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If The Parole Board Finds By Preponderance Of The Evidence That A Parolee Has Committed A Felony Or Has Absconded From Supervision, Then The Parole Board May Revoke Parole And Impose Any Or All The Time Remaining On Parole For A Parolee; And For Related Purposes.

Parole and Post-release supervision; make various revisions regarding.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Rep. Omeria Scott [D]

Rep. John Faulkner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-03	House	Referred To Corrections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0067.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0067IN.htm