Mississippi 2020 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 5 D · 2 R cosponsors

HB 1476 — Compassionate Parole Eligibility Act of 2020; create.

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

25 added · 21 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of HB 1476 clarifies the conditions under which inmates are eligible for parole, specifically excluding those convicted of sex offenses from being eligible. Additionally, it emphasizes that supervision for paroled inmates will be managed solely by the Division of Community Corrections. These changes are significant because they refine the criteria for parole eligibility, ensuring that certain offenders do not qualify while providing clearer oversight during their reintegration into society.

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HB1476 (As Introduced) - 2020 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
HB1476 (As Passed the House) - 2020 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Representatives Horan, Kinkade, Karriem, Porter, Faulkner, Brown (70th), Hudson, Mickens House Bill 1476 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN INMATE, AS LONG AS THE INMATE IS NOT CONVICTED OF CAPITAL MURDER OR SENTENCED TO DEATH, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IF HE OR SHE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS OR DISEASE AND HAS A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A YEAR OR LESS OR IS COMPLETELY DISABLED AND DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SELF-CARE AND HE OR SHE IS BEDRIDDEN OR THE INMATE HAS LIMITED SELF-CARE CAPACITY AND IS BEDRIDDEN AT LEAST 50% OF WAKING HOURS;
Representatives Horan, Kinkade, Karriem, Porter, Faulkner, Brown (70th), Hudson, Mickens House Bill 1476 (As Passed the House) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN INMATE, AS LONG AS THE INMATE IS NOT CONVICTED OF CAPITAL MURDER OR SENTENCED TO DEATH, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IF HE OR SHE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS OR DISEASE AND HAS A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A YEAR OR LESS OR IS COMPLETELY DISABLED AND DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SELF-CARE AND HE OR SHE IS BEDRIDDEN OR THE INMATE HAS LIMITED SELF-CARE CAPACITY AND IS BEDRIDDEN AT LEAST 50% OF WAKING HOURS;
AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES      BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
    1.
    1.  The inmate is sentenced as a habitual offender under Sections 99‑19‑81 through 99‑19‑87;
 The inmate is sentenced as a habitual offender under Sections 99‑19‑81 through 99‑19‑87;
(2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an inmate, except an inmate who has been convicted of capital murder as defined in 97-13-13 or who has been sentenced to death for another capital offense pursuant to 99-19-101, shall be eligible for parole if:
     (2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an inmate, except an inmate who has been convicted of capital murder as defined in 97-13-13 or who has been sentenced to death for another capital offense pursuant to 99-19-101, shall be eligible for parole if:
or           (c)  The inmate is at limited self-care capacity such that he or she is bedridden at least fifty percent (50%) percent of waking hours.
or           (c)  The inmate is at limited self-care capacity such that he or she is bedridden at least fifty percent (50%) percent of waking hours.  An inmate who has been convicted of a sex offense, as defined by Section 45-33-23(h), shall not be eligible for parole pursuant to this paragraph (c).
or           (c)  The offender is at limited self-care capacity such that he or she is bedridden at least fifty percent (50%) percent of waking hours.
or           (c)  The offender is at limited self-care capacity such that he or she is bedridden at least fifty percent (50%) percent of waking hours.  An offender who has been convicted of a sex offense, as defined by Section 45-33-23(h), shall not be eligible for parole pursuant to this paragraph (c).
     (8)  (a)  The Parole Board shall maintain a central registry of paroled inmates.  The Parole Board shall place the following information on the registry:  name, address, photograph, crime for which paroled, the date of the end of parole or flat-time date and other information deemed necessary.  The Parole Board shall immediately remove information on a parolee at the end of his parole or flat-time date.
     (8)  (a)  The Parole Board shall maintain a central registry of paroled inmates.  The Parole Board shall place the following information on the registry:  name, address, photograph, crime for which paroled, the date of the end of parole or flat-time date and other information deemed necessary.  The Parole Board shall immediately remove information on a parolee at the end of his parole or flat-time date.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Died On Calendar

  2. Conference Report Adopted

  3. Conference Report Filed

  4. Conference Report Filed

  5. Conferees Named Barnett,Wiggins,Sparks

  6. Conferees Named Horan,Roberson,Yates

  7. Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

  8. Returned For Concurrence

  9. Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  10. Motion to Reconsider Entered

  11. Passed As Amended

  12. Amended

  13. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  14. Referred To Corrections

  15. Transmitted To Senate

  16. Passed As Amended

  17. Amended

  18. Read the Third Time

  19. Title Suff Do Pass

  20. DR - TSDP: AP To CN

  21. DR - TSDP: CN To AP

  22. Referred To Corrections;Appropriations

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 167 not signed on · 22 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (167)

167 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Adopt Conference Report

Passed 98 Yea · 12 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 381006
Unaffiliated 35203
Democrat 23001
Independent 2000
Total 9812010
% of votes cast 82%10%0%8%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Anderson (122nd) — Yea
Anderson (110th) — Yea
Bain — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Busby — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Darnell — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Ford (54th) — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Goodin — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Hopkins — Yea
Huddleston — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Lancaster — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Miles — Yea
Paden — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Straughter — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Walker — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Williamson — Yea
Young — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Criswell — Nay
Ford (73rd) — Nay
Bomgar — Not Voting
Patterson — Not Voting
Williams-Barnes — Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Not Voting
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Daryl Porter Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Yea
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Yea
Zakiya Summers Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Shanda Yates Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Not Voting
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Nay
Billy Adam Calvert Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Nay
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Nay
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Not Voting
Dana McLean Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Gene Newman Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Nay
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jansen Owen Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jay McKnight Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Not Voting
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Not Voting
Ken Morgan Republican Nay
Kent McCarty Republican Yea
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lee Yancey Republican Not Voting
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Not Voting
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Nay
Sam Creekmore IV Republican Yea
Shane Aguirre Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Nay
Stephen A. Horne Republican Nay
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Nay
Vince Mangold Republican Nay
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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Passage as Amended

Passed 36 Yea · 15 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 17400
Democrat 6000
Republican 131101
Total 361501
% of votes cast 69%29%0%2%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Barnett — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Doty — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jackson R. (11th) — Yea
Jackson S. (32nd) — Yea
Jordan — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Polk — Yea
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Yea
Simmons S. (13th) — Yea
Sojourner — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Witherspoon — Yea
Branning — Nay
Jackson G. (15th) — Nay
Johnson — Nay
Parker — Nay
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Not Voting
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Nay
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Nay
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Nay
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Nay
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Nay
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Nay
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Nay
Kevin Blackwell Republican Nay
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Nay
Neil S. Whaley Republican Nay
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Nay
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

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Passage as Amended

Passed 117 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 52200
Unaffiliated 39002
Democrat 24000
Independent 2000
Total 117202
% of votes cast 97%2%0%2%
How each member voted (121)
Member Party Vote
Anderson (122nd) — Yea
Anderson (110th) — Yea
Andrews — Yea
Bain — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Bomgar — Yea
Busby — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Criswell — Yea
Darnell — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Ford (73rd) — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Goodin — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Hopkins — Yea
Huddleston — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Lancaster — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Miles — Yea
Paden — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Straughter — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Walker — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Yea
Williamson — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Young — Not Voting
Ford (54th) — Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Daryl Porter Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Yea
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Yea
Zakiya Summers Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Shanda Yates Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Billy Adam Calvert Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Dana McLean Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Gene Newman Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Nay
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jansen Owen Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jay McKnight Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kent McCarty Republican Yea
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Nay
Lee Yancey Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Sam Creekmore IV Republican Yea
Shane Aguirre Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1476?
HB 1476 is sponsored by Kevin Horan (Republican), Bill Kinkade (Republican), Kabir Karriem (Democrat), John G. Faulkner (Democrat), Hudson, Carl Mickens (Democrat), Bo Brown (Democrat), and Daryl Porter (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 1476?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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