l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 706

Earned time allowances for reduction of sentence; prohibit for certain offenders who committed certain felonies.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 13, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 47-5-142.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT AN INMATE FROM OBTAINING ANY REDUCTION OF SENTENCE THROUGH EARNED TIME ALLOWANCE OR ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE REDUCTION IF SUCH INMATE WAS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITTED CERTAIN FELONIES; TO PROVIDE THAT A JUVENILE OFFENDER MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AFTER SERVING EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE IF SUCH OFFENDER WAS SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS OR MORE OF IMPRISONMENT OR TO A TERM OF NATURAL LIFE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH JUVENILE MAY PETITION FOR HIS OR HER CONDITIONAL RELEASE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN WHICH HE OR SHE WAS CONVICTED; 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 20 to February 13, 2014, 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 action4 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 13 · stopped24 days

CorrectionsJan 20 to Feb 314 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 Jan 20 – Feb 13

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  2. Feb 3Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 12Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 13Died on the calendar in the House
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 12Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 13Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives