Mississippi Senate Bill 2646 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The Juvenile Offender Parole And Rehabilitation Act; To Authorize The State Parole Board To Determine Whether A Juvenile Offender May Be Eligible For Parole And Rehabilitation; To Amend Section 47-7-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Age Of Adulthood; To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Parole Eligibility For Juvenile Offenders; To Amend Section 47-7-3.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Juvenile Offenders From Time-served Parole Eligibility Requirements; To Create Section 47-7-3.3, To Create A Case Plan For Juvenile Offenders; To Amend Section 47-7-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Parole Board To Grant Parole To Juvenile Offenders; To Amend Section 47-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize An Affirmative Vote By The Parole Board To Grant Parole To Juvenile Offenders; To Amend Section 47-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Decisions On Parole Eligibility Of Juvenile Offenders By Parole Board From Majority Vote; To Amend Section 47-7-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Parole Board To Order Psychiatric And Psychological Examinations When Necessary; To Amend Section 47-7-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Release On Parole Of Juvenile Offenders Without A Hearing Before The Board; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-33.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates A Discharge Plan For Offenders Returning To The Community, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 47-5-1401, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes A Youthful Offender Unit At The Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Juvenile offenders; establish the Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act.

Sen. Derrick Simmons [D]

Sen. Angela Turner-Ford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-02-17	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2646.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2646IN.htm