Mississippi House Bill 664 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-5-1013, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If An Intensive Supervision Program Participant Is Unemployed And Is Unable To Pay Monthly Program Fees Due To Such Unemployment, Then The Participant Shall Not Be Removed From The Program For The Inability To Pay; To Amend Section 47-7-27, To Prohibit The Parole Board From Issuing An Arrest Warrant For A Paroled Offender If The Offender Does Not Pay Restitution Or Program Fees Due To The Inability Of The Offender To Obtain Employment; To Amend Section 47-7-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit A Court From Issuing An Arrest Warrant For A Probationer If The Probationer Does Not Pay Restitution Or Program Fees Due To The Inability Of The Probationer To Obtain Employment; And For Related Purposes.

Probation and parole; prohibit revocation of for failure of offender to pay restitution program fees under certain circumstances.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-16	House	Referred To Corrections;Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0664.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0664IN.htm