MS HB1465

Creates the "Right to Know How Safe We Are Act of 2025" requiring district attorneys to file annual reports with the Governor and Attorney General by March 1 of each year, with reports made available to the public upon request.

Each district attorney's office must report aggregate, nonpersonally identifying data on case handling including intake process (arrests/referrals accepted, referred to diversion, or dismissed), case disposals (diversion, plea agreements, dismissals by various reasons, trial convictions), and sentencing outcomes (incarceration length, jail time, probation).

The Attorney General shall compile a statewide report summarizing information from all district attorneys in uniform fashion, sortable by crime and jurisdiction, and make it available to the public while submitting it to the Governor, Speaker of the House, and President of the Senate.

District attorneys must assist the Attorney General in compiling uniform reports and comply with requests for additional, disaggregated, or clarifying information.

Act takes effect July 1, 2025.