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 2327
Parole; provide that first offenders selling small quantity of 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 25 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 25 to Feb 19 · stopped25 days
CorrectionsJan 25 to Feb 19 · stopped25 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 25 – Feb 19
- Jan 25Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Judiciary, Division B
- Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 25Referred To Corrections;Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate