2015
Regular Session
Person convicted of violent crime seeking pardon; require notification of Parole Board, district attorney and sheriff for hearing.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN THE GOVERNOR REQUESTS THE STATE PAROLE BOARD INVESTIGATE AN APPLICANT FOR A CLEMENCY, THE BOARD MUST KEEP A RECORD OF ALL FILES RELATING TO SUCH INVESTIGATION; TO REQUIRE THAT WHEN A PERSON CONVICTED OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE PETITIONS THE GOVERNOR FOR A PARDON, THE PERSON SHALL ALSO NOTIFY THE PAROLE BOARD OF SUCH PETITION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PAROLE BOARD SHALL NOTIFY THE VICTIM OF THE CRIME OF VIOLENCE AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE CRIME OF VIOLENCE WAS COMMITTED OF SUCH PETITION; TO REQUIRE THE PAROLE BOARD TO REQUEST THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF WHERE THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE POSSIBLE GRANTING OF A PARDON; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO KEEP CERTAIN FILES AND MAKE CERTAIN REPORTS REGARDING CLEMENCY INVESTIGATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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H
B
1055
House Bill 1055
HB 1055
H
Dead
General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
No
Three/Fifths
Passage
Corrections
F
../../House_cmtes/CN.xml
Judiciary B
F
../../House_cmtes/JB.xml
Corrections
T
../../Senate_cmtes/CR.xml
Judiciary, Division B
F
../../Senate_cmtes/JB.xml
Taylor
../../House_authors/Taylor.xml
Bennett
../../House_authors/Bennett.xml
Boyd
../../House_authors/Boyd.xml
Chism
../../House_authors/Chism.xml
Haney
../../House_authors/Haney.xml
Howell
../../House_authors/Howell.xml
Kinkade
../../House_authors/Kinkade.xml
Ladner
../../House_authors/Ladner.xml
Lamar
../../House_authors/Lamar.xml
Martinson
../../House_authors/Martinson.xml
Rushing
../../House_authors/Rushing.xml
White
../../House_authors/White.xml
Willis
../../House_authors/Willis.xml
Baria
../../House_authors/Baria.xml
A
../../code_sections/047/00070005.xml
A
../../code_sections/047/00070031.xml
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01/19 (H) Referred To Corrections;Judiciary B
2
01/28 (H) DR - TSDP: CN To JB
3
02/02 (H) DR - TSDP: JB To CN
4
02/02 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
5
02/05 (H) Passed
../../../../2015/pdf/votes/house/0310038.pdf
6
02/05 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Williams-Barnes, Taylor, Huddleston (30th), Gipson)
7
02/10 (H) Reconsidered
8
02/10 (H) Amended
9
02/10 (H) Passed As Amended
../../../../2015/pdf/votes/house/0360002.pdf
10
02/10 (H) Transmitted To Senate
11
02/17 (S) Referred To Corrections;Judiciary, Division B
12
03/03 (S) Died In Committee
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../../../../documents/2015/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1055PS.htm
../../../../documents/2015/pdf/HB/1000-1099/HB1055IN.pdf
../../../../documents/2015/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1055IN.htm
../../../../documents/2015/pdf/HB/1000-1099/HB1055PS.pdf
../../../../documents/2015/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1055PS.htm
Amendment No 1
Adopted
../../../../documents/2015/pdf/ham/HB1055_H_Amend_01.pdf
../../../../../documents/2015/html/ham/HB1055_H_Amend_01.htm
Voice Vote
N
../../../../documents/2015/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB1055.pdf