Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 745
Parole; require offender serve at least 1/3 of sentence and that commissioner recommend parole before offender is eligible for.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE AN INMATE TO SERVE AT LEAST ONE-THIRD OF HIS SENTENCE INSTEAD OF ONE-FOURTH OF HIS SENTENCE BEFORE THE INMATE MAY BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MUST RECOMMEND TO THE STATE PAROLE BOARD THAT AN INMATE BE PLACED ON PAROLE BEFORE SUCH INMATE MAY BE PAROLED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-7-5 AND 47-7-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 20 to March 6, 2012, 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 House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
CorrectionsFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 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 House of Representatives Feb 20 – Mar 6
- Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Corrections
- Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 20Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives