Bill Text: MS HB1335 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Bill 1335 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Sex offender propensity; chancery court may order custody in mental health facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [HB1335 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-HB1335-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B; Public Health and Human Services

By: Representative Banks

House Bill 1335

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CHANCERY COURTS TO ORDER PERSONS WITH SEXUAL OFFENDER PROPENSITIES TO BE HELD PENDING EVALUATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. If the chancery court finds, through evidence and testimony, that a person has a propensity to commit an act that would be considered a sex offense, as defined in Section 45-33-23, then the court shall order such person to be held in a mental health facility. Such person shall remain in the mental health facility until two (2) licensed physicians determine through physical and mental examination that such person no longer has a propensity to commit an act that would be considered a sex offense as defined in Section 45-33-23.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.