Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2140
Corrections; persons convicted of certain violent crimes not eligible for earned time or other time for reduction of sentence.
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 PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN VIOLENT CRIMES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR EARNED TIME ALLOWANCE, GOOD TIME, MERITORIOUS EARNED TIME ALLOWANCE, TRUSTY TIME ALLOWANCE, OR OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE REDUCTION OF TIME FOR PAROLE ELIGIBILITY OR EARLY RELEASE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-5-138, 47-5-138.1, 47-5-139 AND 47-5-142, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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
January 16 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 SenateJan 16 to Mar 6 · stopped50 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 16 to Mar 6 · stopped50 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 16 – Mar 6
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Mar 6Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeSenate