Mississippi House Bill 683 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That, When A Person Convicted Of A Felony Crime Petitions The Governor For A Pardon, The State Parole Board Shall Make Certain Determinations And Notify The Crime Victim(s) Of The Possible Pardon; To Require The Board To Submit A Written Report To The Governor, Stating Whether Or Not The Board Recommends That The Parole Be Granted; To Delete The Repeal Date Of July 1, 2012, Applying To This Section Of Law That Creates The State Parole Board; And For Related Purposes.

State parole board; require to submit report to Governor regarding petition for pardon by person convicted of felony crime.

Rep. Manly Barton [R]	Rep. Donnie Bell [R]	Rep. Richard Bennett [R]	Rep. Randy Boyd [R]
Rep. Charles Busby [R]	Rep. Larry Byrd [R]	Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]	Rep. Gary Chism [R]
Rep. William Denny [R]	Rep. Bobby Howell [R]	Rep. Rita Martinson [R]	Rep. John Moore [R]
Rep. Gary Staples [R]	Rep. Henry Zuber [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-20		Referred To Judiciary A;Corrections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB0683.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0683IN.htm