Mississippi Senate Bill 2491 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A New Section Within Title 47, Chapter 7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require An Offender Who Is Placed On Probation Or Released On Parole To Agree To A Waiver As A Condition Of Parole That Authorizes Any Law Enforcement Officer To Conduct A Warrantless Search Of The Offender's Person, Place Of Residence Or Motor Vehicle For The Purposes Of Determining If The Offender Is In Violation Of Any Weapon- Or Firearm-related Offenses; To Provide That The Warrantless Search Shall Be Conducted In A Reasonable Manner But Shall Not Need To Be Based On An Articulable Suspicion That The Offender Is Committing Or Has Committed A Criminal Offense; To Require The Offender To Acknowledge And Sign The Waiver Before The Offender's Release; To Provide That An Offender Who Fails To Sign The Waiver Is Ineligible For Release On Probation Or Parole; To Define The Term "residence"; And For Related Purposes.

Probation and parole; require offenders to authorize warrantless searches related to weapon or firearm offenses.

Sen. Chad Mcmahan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	Senate	Referred To Corrections;Judiciary, Division B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2491.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2491IN.htm