HB 1470 Summary

• Creates the Corrections Omnibus Act, bringing forward 50+ sections of Mississippi Code related to parole, probation, corrections, and criminal justice for potential amendment and modernization.

• Restructures the State Parole Board effective January 1, 2028, reducing membership from larger existing size to five members appointed from Supreme Court districts and at-large, with mandatory annual training requirements.

• Amends pretrial intervention eligibility requirements, lowering minimum age from eighteen (18) to seventeen (17) years old and allowing placement in intervention programs for those held in contempt for unpaid fines or restitution.

• Establishes technical violation centers and graduated sanctions system for probation and parole violators as alternatives to full revocation, with mandatory sentence limits for violations.

• Modifies Section 47-5-933 to make the $32.71 daily fee for housing state offenders in regional facilities mandatory rather than permissive.