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MississippiHB 17012026 Regular SessionHouse

Technical violations; clarify that certain sentencing limits shall not apply to intervention or drug court participants regarding.

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Signed by Governor

Drug PolicyJudiciary BJudiciary, Division B

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 3 mixed.

Extra release check for sex offenders

Beginning July 1, 2026, if you must register as a sex offender, a court must find you are not a danger to the public before releasing you with or without bail. The court considers the violation, your criminal history, community ties, and risk of reoffending.

Stricter out-of-state and arrest rules

Beginning July 1, 2026, leaving Mississippi without court permission makes you a fugitive and subject to extradition. If a non‑probation officer arrests you on a warrant, the officer’s legal arrest fees are charged to you under existing law. If you are arrested in a different circuit, the arresting court can, on the sentencing judge’s written request and after a hearing, revoke probation and place you in state custody; the record goes back to the original court.

Arrest and hearing timelines for probation

Beginning July 1, 2026, probation and parole officers can arrest a probationer without a warrant or deputize another officer with a written statement. If you are arrested on a warrant for a probation violation, the department holds a preliminary hearing within 72 hours; it can be electronic, and you can waive it. If reasonable cause is found, you can be held no more than 21 days before a revocation hearing; if no hearing by then, you must be released back to probation. If a revocation hearing is not held within 30 days of the warrant and no good cause is recorded, the charge must be dismissed. These rules also apply to people on court‑ordered post‑release supervision.

Limits on violations, tougher for intervention court

Beginning July 1, 2026, if probation is revoked for technical violations, jail time is capped: up to 90 days for the first, 120 days for the second, and up to 180 days or the rest of the suspended sentence for the third; after that, up to the rest of the suspended sentence. Time in a technical violation center cannot be reduced. If you are in an intervention court and a judge makes a written finding that you broke the court’s rules at least three times, the court can impose up to the rest of your suspended sentence without a revocation hearing.

Rules on probation length and credit

Beginning July 1, 2026, courts cap probation at five years. Exception: in cases about desertion or failure to support a minor, probation can last as long as the duty to support exists. Your supervision time can be reduced if you qualify under Section 47-7-40. Time on probation does not count toward any later jail or prison sentence.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

There is no primary sponsor on record.

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 327 • No: 6

House vote • 3/31/2026

Conference Report Adopted

Yes: 111 • No: 2

Senate vote • 3/31/2026

Conference Report Adopted

Yes: 52 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/4/2026

Passed As Amended

Yes: 51 • No: 0

House vote • 2/5/2026

Passed

Yes: 113 • No: 4

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor

    4/8/2026legislature

  2. Enrolled Bill Signed

    4/6/2026Senate

  3. Enrolled Bill Signed

    4/2/2026House

  4. Conference Report Adopted

    3/31/2026House

  5. Conference Report Adopted

    3/31/2026Senate

  6. Conference Report Filed

    3/30/2026House

  7. Conference Report Filed

    3/30/2026Senate

  8. Conferees Named Fillingane,Sparks,Barrett

    3/19/2026Senate

  9. Conferees Named Waldo,Burch,Horan

    3/19/2026House

  10. Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

    3/18/2026House

  11. Returned For Concurrence

    3/6/2026Senate

  12. Passed As Amended

    3/4/2026Senate

  13. Amended

    3/4/2026Senate

  14. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

    2/25/2026Senate

  15. Referred To Judiciary, Division B

    2/17/2026Senate

  16. Transmitted To Senate

    2/6/2026House

  17. Passed

    2/5/2026House

  18. Title Suff Do Pass

    2/3/2026House

  19. DR - TSDP: JB To DP

    2/3/2026House

  20. DR - TSDP: DP To JB

    1/28/2026House

  21. Referred To Drug Policy;Judiciary B

    1/19/2026House

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