HB 1059
Child abuse; require mandatory minimums and arrests for severe child abuse.
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Bill overview
An act to amend section 97-5-39, mississippi code of 1972, to require mandatory minimum penalties for felony child abuse; To amend section 97-5-42, mississippi code of 1972, to increase penalties for felony child abuse with mandatory minimums; To amend section 43-21-353, mississippi code of 1972, to require an arrest of suspected child abusers within a certain time; To amend section 47-7-3, mississippi code of 1972, to exclude felony child abuse from certain sentence reductions; And for related purposes.
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Ford (73rd)
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