Mississippi House Bill 544 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-34, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That The Maximum Five Years That May Be Imposed By A Court For Post-release Supervision May Be Extended Under Certain Circumstances; To Amend Section 47-7-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Court May Fix The Period Of Probation To The Statutory Maximum Period Which The Defendant Might Originally Have Been Sentenced To As Long As Such Period Does Not Exceed Five Years; To Provide That An Offender May Not Have His Or Her Probation Revoked If The Offender Has Committed An Initial Technical Violation Under Certain Circumstances; To Provide That For The Second Technical Violation, Rather Than The Third Violation, An Offender May Be Imprisoned In A Technical Violation Center Or A Restitution Center For Fourteen Days Rather Than 120 Days; To Provide That For A Third Technical Violation, An Offender May Be Imprisoned For 120 Days; To Provide That For A Fourth Technical Violation An Offender May Be Imprisoned For 180 Days; To Provide That For Five Or More Technical Violations An Offender May Be Imprisoned For The Remainder Of His Or Her Sentence; To Amend Section 47-7-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

Probation, post-release supervision and technical violations; revise certain time periods concerning.

Rep. Jeffery Harness [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-12	House	Referred To Corrections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
47	7	27	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	7	34	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	7	37	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0544.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0544IN.htm