Mississippi House Bill 1377 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Failed on June 17 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-06-17 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe Conditions For Parole Eligibility And To Provide Limitations On Inmate Eligibility To Petition The Sentencing Court For Parole Eligibility If The Inmate Is Serving A Sentence For A Crime Of Violence Or Nonviolence; To Provide That Any Person Who Was Under Age Eighteen When He Or She Committed A Crime And Is Not Otherwise Eligible For Parole, Shall Be Eligible For Parole Under Certain Circumstances; To Amend Section 47-7-3.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe Dates For The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Complete Case Plans For Parole-eligible Inmates To Ensure That The Plan Is Achievable; To Amend Section 47-7-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require An Affirmative Vote Of At Least Three Members Of The Mississippi Parole Board To Grant Parole To An Inmate Convicted Of A Crime Of Violence After June 30 1995; To Amend Section 47-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require An Affirmative Vote Of At Least Four Members Of The Mississippi Parole Board To Grant Parole To A Sex Offender; To Amend Section 47-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; To Amend Section 47-7-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Victim Or Designated Family Member Shall Be Provided An Opportunity To Be Heard By The Parole Board Prior To A Parole Decision; To Amend Section 47-7-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Certain Parole Hearings For Sex Offenders; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-33.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Regarding Department Discharge Plans For Released Inmates; To Repeal Section 47-7-3.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides A Minimum Time Offenders Convicted Of A Crime Of Violence Must Serve Before Release And A Minimum Percentage Of Other Sentences Other Offenders Must Serve Before Release; To Amend Section 47-5-28, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Number Of Transitional Reentry Center Beds; To Bring Forward Sections 47-5-931, 47-5-933 And 47-5-938, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The Incarceration Of State Offenders In Certain Facilities, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To Conditional Medical Release, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Return Of A Violator Of Parole Or Earned Release Supervision, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Power Of The Court To Place Defendants On Probation, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-34, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Post-release Supervision Program, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Terms And Conditions Of Probation, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To Persons Who Supervise Those On Probation Or Parole, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Period Of Probation That Is Set By A Court, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-37.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Revocation Of Probation Or Post-release Supervision, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Community Service Revolving Fund, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 45-1-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Rule Making Power Of The Commissioner Of Public Safety, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 9-23-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Uniform Certification Process For Intervention And Certain Other Courts, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Sections 99-39-5 And 99-39-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To Certain Post-conviction Proceedings, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Corrections omnibus bill; enact.

Rep. Kevin Horan [R]	Rep. Carl Mickens [D]	Rep. Daryl Porter [D]	Rep. Kabir Karriem [D]
Rep. John Faulkner [D]

2020-03-12 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 96 N: 23 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-17	Senate	Died On Calendar
2020-06-09	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2020-05-28	Senate	DR - TSDPAA: CR To AP
2020-05-12	Senate	Referred To Corrections;Appropriations
2020-03-17	House	Transmitted To Senate
2020-03-13	House	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2020-03-12	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Williams-Barnes, Horan, Mickens)
2020-03-12	House	Passed As Amended
2020-03-12	House	Amended
2020-03-12	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2020-03-11	House	Read the Third Time
2020-03-03	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2020-03-03	House	DR - TSDPCS: AP To CN
2020-02-26	House	DR - TSDPCS: CN To AP
2020-02-17	House	Referred To Corrections;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB1377.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1377IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1377CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1377PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/HB1377_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/sam/HB1377_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/house/0660014.pdf