Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2137
Parole; provide that first offenders for selling drugs may be eligible for parole.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FIRST OFFENDERS FOR SELLING A SMALL QUANTITY OF DRUGS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE; TO PROVIDE THAT A FIRST OFFENDER CONVICTED FOR SELLING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WHO MEETS GOOD CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MAY BE REVIEWED BY THE PAROLE BOARD FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN A PAROLE ELIGIBLE CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENDERS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE OFFENDER MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR PAROLE AFTER SUCH INCLUSION; TO PROVIDE THAT AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE ARMED SERVICES SHALL BE A FACTOR CONSIDERED IN PAROLE ELIGIBILITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 17 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 19 · stopped33 days
CorrectionsJan 17 to Feb 19 · stopped33 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 19
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
- Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To CorrectionsSenate
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate