l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2387

Convicted felons; revise punishment and incarceration for possession of a weapon.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-37-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PUNISHMENT FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON BY A CONVICTED FELON, TO MANDATE ARREST THEREFOR, AND TO PROHIBIT PLEA BARGAINING; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-5-139, 47-5-138.1, 47-5-142 AND 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT PAROLE, EARLY RELEASE OR EARNED TIME FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON BY A CONVICTED FELON; 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

Its course

January 21 to February 5, 2013, 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 Senate Jan 21 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published