Mississippi House Bill 401 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
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 47-7-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Parole Board From Issuing A Warrant For The Return Of A Paroled Offender If The Warrant Is Based Solely On The Offender Being Near The Vicinity Of A Firearm In Another Individual's Residency Or Motor Vehicle And Such Offender Alleges That He Or She Is Not The Owner Of The Firearm; To Prohibit The Warrantless Arrest Of A Paroled Offender, By A Field Officer, If The Arrest Is Based Solely On The Offender Being Near The Vicinity Of A Firearm In Another Individual's Residency Or Motor Vehicle And The Offender Alleges That He Or She Is Not The Owner Of The Firearm; To Provide That The Parole Or The Earned-release Supervision Of A Paroled Individual Shall Not Be Automatically Revoked Under Certain Circumstances; And For Related Purposes.

Paroled offenders; prohibit automatic arrest and revocation of parole for being near the vicinity of a firearm under certain circumstances.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-05	House	Referred To Corrections;Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0401.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0401IN.htm