Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1230: MBI and local law enforcement; require certain notification upon the escape of inmate or detainee.
Status: Failed, March 31, 2025
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT WHENEVER AN INMATE OR DETAINEE ESCAPES FROM A PRISON FACILITY, THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED OF THE ESCAPE; TO PROVIDE WHO SHALL MAKE THE NOTIFICATION UPON THE ESCAPE; TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION WHEN THE INMATE OR DETAINEE IS APPREHENDED AFTER AN ESCAPE; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PENALTIES IF SUCH NOTIFICATION DOES NOT OCCUR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to provide that whenever an inmate or detainee escapes from a prison facility, the mississippi bureau of investigation and local law enforcement shall be immediately notified of the escape; to provide who shall make the notification upon the escape; to require notification when the inmate or detainee is apprehended after an escape; to provide certain penalties if such notification does not occur; and for related purposes.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT WHENEVER AN INMATE OR DETAINEE ESCAPES FROM A PRISON FACILITY, THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED OF THE ESCAPE; TO PROVIDE WHO SHALL MAKE THE NOTIFICATION UPON THE ESCAPE; TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION WHEN THE INMATE OR DETAINEE IS APPREHENDED AFTER AN ESCAPE; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PENALTIES IF SUCH NOTIFICATION DOES NOT OCCUR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. (1) (a) The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement shall be immediately notified within an hour of an inmate or detainee escape as soon as that escape is known. If the escape occurred at a local jail or regional correctional facility, the sheriff shall make the notification. If the escape occurred at a state prison facility, then the Mississippi Department of Corrections shall make the notification of the escape. (b) When an inmate or detainee is apprehended after an escape, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement shall be immediately notified within an hour after the inmate or detainee is back in custody. The law enforcement agency that apprehends the inmate or detainee after an escape shall make the notification to the appropriate law enforcement agency. (2) In addition to the notification requirements under subsection …
Sponsors
- Grady, Zachary (R, 115) · primary sponsor
- Felsher, Kevin (R, 117)
- Hawkins, Josh (R, 10)
- Hulum, Jeffrey (D, 119)
- Lott, Steve (R, 107)
- McMillan, Jonathan (R, 58)
- Thompson, Rickey (D, 16)
- Porter, Daryl (D, 98)
Latest actions
- : Died In Conference
- : Conferees Named Barnett,Hill,Brumfield
- : Conferees Named Horan,Grady,McKnight
- : Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- : Returned For Concurrence
- : Passed As Amended
- : Amended
- : Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
- : Referred To Corrections
- : Transmitted To Senate
Votes
- Passed As Amended (March 4, 2026): 51 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Passed (February 4, 2026): 113 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Passed As Amended (March 11, 2025): 44 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Passed (February 5, 2025): 106 yea, 5 nay, passed
Subjects: MBI and local law enforcement
Common questions
- What is HB1230?
- HB1230 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): MBI and local law enforcement; require certain notification upon the escape of inmate or detainee.
- What does HB1230 do?
- In its own words: An act to provide that whenever an inmate or detainee escapes from a prison facility, the mississippi bureau of investigation and local law enforcement shall be immediately notified of the escape; to provide who shall make the notification upon the escape; to require notification when the inmate or detainee is apprehended after an escape; to provide certain penalties if such notification does not occur; and for related purposes.
- What is the status of HB1230?
- Failed as of March 31, 2025. Latest action: Died In Conference (March 31, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1230?
- Grady, Zachary (R, 115), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1230?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1230.xml
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