Mississippi Senate Bill 2235 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "technical Violation" To Exclude Any Act That Is Classified As A Crime Of Violence; To Amend Section 47-7-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Revocation For Persons Who Commit Crimes Of Violence While On Parole; To Provide That The Parole Board Shall Refer Such Matters To The Appropriate District Attorney For Prosecution; To Amend Section 47-7-38, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If The Probationer Or Parolee Is Arrested For A New Criminal Offense, He Shall Be Returned To The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Serve The Remainder Of His Original Sentence; And For Related Purposes.

Technical violations; revise definition for purposes of parole revocation.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]

Sen. Neil Whaley [R]

Sen. Joseph Seymour [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-01-31	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2235.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2235IN.htm