Mississippi House Bill 1476 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: Failed on July 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-07-06 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That An Inmate, As Long As The Inmate Is Not Convicted Of Capital Murder Or Sentenced To Death, Shall Be Eligible For Parole If He Or She Has Been Diagnosed With A Terminal Illness Or Disease And Has A Life Expectancy Of A Year Or Less Or Is Completely Disabled And Does Not Have The Ability To Provide Self-care And He Or She Is Bedridden Or The Inmate Has Limited Self-care Capacity And Is Bedridden At Least 50% Of Waking Hours; To Require The Department Of Corrections To Provide To The Parole Board, Every Thirty Days, A List Of Inmates Who May Be Eligible For Parole Eligibility Due To Certain Medical Conditions; To Require The Department Or Its Medical Director To Notify The Parole Board Of Any Inmate Who Is Diagnosed With A Terminal Illness Or Disease Within Seventy-two Hours Of The Diagnosis; To Amend Section 47-7-4, To Authorize The Parole Board, Along With The Commissioner Of Corrections And The Department Of Correction's Medical Director, To Place Certain Offenders On Conditional Medical Release If The Offenders Have Been Diagnosed With A Terminal Illness Or Disease And Have A Life Expectancy Of A Year Or Less Or Is Completely Disabled And Does Not Have The Ability To Provide Self-care And Is Bedridden Or The Offender Has Limited Self-care Capacity And Is Bedridden At Least 50% Of Waking Hours; To Require The Department Of Corrections To Provide To The Parole Board, Every Thirty Days, A List Of Inmates Who May Be Eligible For Conditional Medical Release Due To Certain Medical Conditions; To Require The Department Or Its Medical Director To Notify The Parole Board Of Any Inmate Who Is Diagnosed With A Terminal Illness Or Disease Within Seventy-two Hours Of The Diagnosis; To Amend Section 47-7-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

Compassionate Parole Eligibility Act of 2020; create.

Rep. Kevin Horan [R]	Rep. Bill Kinkade [R]	Rep. Kabir Karriem [D]	Rep. Daryl Porter [D]
Rep. John Faulkner [D]	Rep. Bo Brown [D]	Rep. Abe Hudson [D]	Rep. Carl Mickens [D]

2020-06-29 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 98 N: 12 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-06-11 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 36 N: 15 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-12 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 117 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-06	House	Died On Calendar
2020-06-29	House	Conference Report Adopted
2020-06-28	House	Conference Report Filed
2020-06-28	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2020-06-22	Senate	Conferees Named Barnett,Wiggins,Sparks
2020-06-22	House	Conferees Named Horan,Roberson,Yates
2020-06-18	House	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2020-06-17	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2020-06-16	Senate	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2020-06-12	Senate	Motion to Reconsider Entered
2020-06-11	Senate	Passed As Amended
2020-06-11	Senate	Amended
2020-05-27	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2020-05-11	Senate	Referred To Corrections
2020-03-17	House	Transmitted To Senate
2020-03-12	House	Passed As Amended
2020-03-12	House	Amended
2020-03-11	House	Read the Third Time
2020-03-03	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2020-03-03	House	DR - TSDP: AP To CN
2020-02-27	House	DR - TSDP: CN To AP
2020-02-17	House	Referred To Corrections;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB1476.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1476IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1476PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/HB1476_H_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/sam/HB1476_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/sam/HB1476_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/house/0660015.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/senate/1570023.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/house/1750008.pdf